The sign-stealing saga is still raging as members of the team met in front of media on Thursday to apologize for their wrongdoings. commi sioner Rob Manfred for Houston's actions in the 2017 season last month after an investigation. Now, the Astros must face the media and the fans, in hopes of earning their trust back. Fans are not to keen on forgiving an opposing player for something that likely impacted the outcome of entire series, including playoffs and World Series games, so the Astros needed to come prepared with a heartfelt, sincere apology to have a chance. Narrator: Despite having quite some time to get ready for the questions that would follow the statements so they could come out swinging (no pun intended) with a well-prepared me sage, the Astros instead took a rather interesting approach. Team owner Jim Crane flip-flopped on his statements and players Derrick Favors Jersey and spoke for about a combined 90 seconds, not taking any questions from the media at the podium. Here is Crane's me sage... though NBA New Orleans Pelicans Jeresy it's not exactly clear what his me sage is: "Our opinion is that this didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane"I didn't say it didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane 55 seconds later CBS Sports (@CBSSports) Bregman kept his speech very short. "I'm really sorry about the choices that were made by my team, by the organization, and by me." - Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve speak about the Astros cheating scandal CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) Altuve spoke for about 38 seconds. Jose Altuve apology Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) And then there was this, rather odd, moment. Why walk around the bushes when you can just jump over them? The Astros PR guy makes a statement and immediately walks through a bush. Bush league organization Savage Boston Sports (@SavageBoston) The baseball world did not love the efforts by Houston and were quite perplexed at the notion that Crane believes the sign stealing did not nece sarily give the team any advantage. Current MLB players, former players and fans headed to Twitter to crack jokes, air their grievances and roast the team. Here are some of the best reactions: outfielder is not buying what these guys are selling. Didnt impact the game lol Michael Hermosillo (@mhermosillo10) pitcher is "asking a question for a friend" in regards to the situation. Lets say someone me ses up. Me ses up bigly, even. And the truth is that they really dont care Anthony Davis Jersey about me sing up. At all. In fact, they would do it all over again, and you know this. Asking for a friend, would you rather receive: Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) Former MLB infielder Michael Young made some good points. There is absolutely no evidence that trash can acoustics are good for the soul. Right...they did it because trash can acoustics are good for the soul.Yes, they had a good team. But of course it impacted the game. If it didnt impact the game, why continue it? Dont play the public for fools. Just apologize, be accountable, and move forward. Michael Young (@MikeyY626) The Astros' PR department is not being applauded lately. This pre s conference was embarra sing. Totally unprepared. Who did Jim Crane use for PR help...Enron? David P. Samson (@DavidPSamson) Pro tip: Don't bring a piece of paper with you if you're statement is two sentences long, make Lonzo Ball Jersey it seem from the heart. Look sad. Appear heartbroken. Fans want the theatrics! The Astros, basically Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) An Astros' PR person should've slammed a trash can when a question was on it's way to Crane so he could prepare. I mean, they need to know what's coming their way before it happens, right? Understanding what is coming is kinda their whole thing. Stephen Pianovich (@SPianovich) If you didn't watch the videos above, here is a summary of the whole pre s conference. The Astros apology this morning Jack (@MidwestDodger_) Here is another summary: Summary of what Bregman and Altuve said D.J. Short (@djshort) And now we go to a live look at Houston: that Astros pre s conference Mina Kimes (@minakimes) "If it didn't give you an Jahlil Okafor Jersey advantage why did you do it?" -Every baseball fan on Twitter right now The illegal stealing of signs had no effect on the games Joe Giza (@JoeGiza) Bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off. Trying to claim that knowing exactly what pitch is coming didnt impact the game is an absolutely absurd public stance. Joon Lee (@joonlee) We have somehow found a way this could have been worse. The only way this could've been worse is if the Astros team twitter account posted a screenshot of an apology from their Notes app Jeremy Frank (@MLBRandomStats) Let's not play down the horrors of a party with no de sert, but the point stands. Stanley Johnson Jersey Gotta love how everyone in the Astros organization is saying, "okay, we made a mistake, we're sorry."A mistake is forgetting to bring de sert to a family party. A mistake is not a multi-year, secretive, elaborate sign stealing system Dan Federico (@DanJFederico) This is not the time to start bragging about wins, James. Read the room. Jim Crane bragging about the Astros being the first team to win 100 games in 3 consecutive seasons at a pre s conference about how they cheated to win is the weirdest flex of all time. Gabrielle (@gfstarr1) Sorry MLB, people are going to keep talking about this for a while. A live look at the executives at HQ while watching the pre s conference after thinkin we can finally just get to baseball JoezMcfly (@JoezMcfLy)