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FORE

Houston Astros owner Jim
Crane speaks during a news
conference before the start
of the first official spring train-
ing baseball practice for the
team Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020,
in West Palm Beach, Fla. MATT
Associated Press
Sticking

to script:

Bregman,

Astros discuss

sign stealing
Kuchar leads, Woods,

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Sports Writer McIlroy lurk at Riviera
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)
— Alex Bregman spoke for
about 30 seconds and said
he was sorry, but did not Matt Kuchar hits his second shot on the
say why. He said he had 13th hole during the first round of the Gen-
learned, but did not say esis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera
what. On a patch of grass
between the Houston As- Country Club, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in
tros' spring training building the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.
and fields, under a sun ob- Associated Press
scured by clouds, the star Page 19
third baseman stepped to
a microphone at a news
conference, becoming
the first player Thursday
to apologize -- without re-
ally discussing with any de-
tails -- for the sign-stealing
scheme from the club's
2017 World Series champi-
onship season. "I am really
sorry about the choices
that were made by my
team, by the organization
and by me. I have learned
from this and I hope to re-
gain the trust of baseball
fans," Bregman began,
before thanking Astros
fans and saying he and his
teammates "are totally fo-
cused on moving forward
to the 2020 season."

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