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Did you hear what Alex Rodriguez had to say about the Astros on ESPN’s baseball broadcast Tuesday night?

Following the simplistic — not to mention completely inaccurate — narrative that the Astros haven’t apologized or shown any remorse for their sign-stealing, Rodriguez spoke for the poor, downtrodden, tortured fans who claim they only want to hear each Astros player say, “I’m sorry.”

“I think the one thing that has really upset the fans is you cheat, you win a championship, there is no suspension, and then there’s no remorse,” Rodriguez said. “The last one I think is probably the worst one because people want to see remorse. They want a real, authentic apology. And they have not received that thus far.”

That’s hogwash. And everyone knows it.

If every player on the Astros’ 2017 roster, donated his World Series bonus, melted his World Series rings, and suspended himself for 30 days as a self-punishment, it wouldn’t be enough to satisfy critics.

That A-Rod is offering advice to the Astros on how to handle getting caught cheating is far more laughable than anything Spike Lee said that drew that word from the poorly run Knicks.

I like Rodriguez. And I find his commentary, particularly his studio work, to be quite entertaining. But while the renowned cheater is an excellent spokesman for deceitful behavior, he is hardly a quality representative of taking full responsibility for said actions.

Perhaps A-Rod doesn’t realize there are archives on the Internet.

I mean, he can attempt to rewrite history, but the facts are available. His actions during his cheating is far worse than what any of the Astros players have done.

Whoever stole Jim Crane’s money and advised him to send Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman to the podium with a couple of the lamest statements in the history of lame statements, deserves scorn for making matters worse. It is impossible for a PR team to do a worse job reading the room.

That said, I so wish people would stop with the blatant lie that the Astros have shown no remorse and have not apologized.

My goodness, player after player after player has said “I’m sorry,” “I apologize,” “I feel nothing but remorse,” and other words to that effect.

The Astros have apologized so often and with such breadth that even Dusty Baker, who wasn’t hired by the team until 2½ years after the cheating, offered his apologies.

So A-Rod is wrong about their not being any remorse or an “authentic apology.”

He is also taking some liberty in patting himself on the back for taking full responsibility for his actions. He deserves far less credit than the Astros, who have indeed taken responsibility for their actions.

A-Rod ran from responsibility for his steroids use for years. Hell, when his suspension for repeatedly getting caught using steroids was announced, he quickly sued MLB. Because, you know, he was taking full responsibility.

Eventually, a year and a half later, after losing all of his legal maneuvers, A-Rod still wanted to collect the final $85 million left on his contract, so he returned to the Yankees.

Then, finally, he offered a handwritten letter of apology (dictated to him by some PR firm, no doubt) in which he took “full responsibility,” for “the mistakes that led to my suspension.”

He didn’t bother to admit to cheating, to steroids use or anything specific in his authentic apology.

Aside from the aforementioned unforgiveable PR blunder, the Astros have done a better job accepting responsibility for their actions than A-Rod ever did.