The Houston Astros’ apologies on Thursday haven’t exactly gone over well.
Owner Jim Crane, players Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman, and new manager Dusty Baker all spoke to the media. Altuve and Bregman didn’t take questions. Crane did and was slammed everywhere for his answers.
So that led to lots and lots of jokes about the whole thing on Twitter, many of them using Dwight Schrute’s non-apology from The Office, from the two-part “Stress Relief” episodes in which he was asked to apologize for staging a fire to teach his co-workers a lesson about safety when there’s a blaze.
Here’s the clip:
And here a bunch of people using that clip in the context of what the Astros said on Thursday:
Here's video of the Houston Astros Apology, in case you missed it earlier: pic.twitter.com/v5eqJRenbg
— OrdioMongo (@OrdioMongo) February 13, 2020
Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman’s statements of regret: pic.twitter.com/NWN9tn3qcy
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) February 13, 2020
The Astros “apology” this morning pic.twitter.com/hp85dfRPfJ
— Jack (@MidwestDodger_) February 13, 2020
Recap of the Astros apology pic.twitter.com/eXY18671c8
— Greg, MBA (@itsgreg72) February 13, 2020
That was the worst apology since Dwight's after he caused Stanley's heart attack in the office. Basically, they built this who circus just to say "We regret what we did" FOH
— Denys Delgado (@Denys_delgado) February 13, 2020
Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve todayhttps://t.co/QGIE2JdNzr
— Ben Moen (@BenMoen4) February 13, 2020
Jim Crane https://t.co/1IlG94uGce
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 13, 2020
Astros went full dwight schrute apology and im here for it
— Edtorr22 (@Edtorr22) February 13, 2020
Basically Alex Bregman just now @astros https://t.co/bjibl18jod
— Robert Bode (@BodeUF) February 13, 2020
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