Remember when Mark McGwire went before Congress and refused to ‘talk about the past’? It seems he’s finally ready to talk about it.
In his statement McGwire wishes he would have been able to tell the truth during his Congressional hearing. Unfortunately, ninjas or Blackwater agents or Pete Rose on a bender, made it impossible for McGwire to admit to using steriods.
Let’s consider some possible reasons why he’s now able to talk about his steroid use.
Exhibit A: McGwire received less than 24% in last weeks vote on the Hall of Fame. He’s hoping his admission gets him on more ballots next year.
Exhibit B: He’s just been hired by the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting instructor. Further, the Cardinals manager has expressed interest in putting him on the active roster for the final weeks of the season.
Exhibit C: See Exhibits A & B.
Rumor is Pete Carroll is interested in activating Dan McGwire next season.
Who the hell is Mark McGwire and what have you done with Mike???
There’s a great documentary on the subject of performance enhancing drugs, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster*”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigger,_Str…
Anyone who’s interested in the topic should check it out, I found it really well made and interesting (and funny).
I have no problem with McGwire’s “statement,” he was just trying not to incriminate himself or dime out fellow players that were still active. Unlike Palmeiro who straight up lied, or Canseco who was just trying to make a buck.
It’s MIKE McGwire. Sheesh.
I like how his name is misspelled in the usual way in the URL.
Using a corked bat is cheating. Using a spit-ball is cheating. Using Drugs is CHEATING.
and hell if Pete Rose can’t get in this racist, tobacco-chewing huckabee lovin’ hill jack should not be able to..
Pete Rose can get into the Hall just like you and me: by buying a ticket.
There’s a difference between “performance-enhancing” and what Rose did. Rose BET ON HIS OWN TEAM, WHEN HE WAS THE MANAGER, which is functionally identical to throwing games (since he didn’t bet on all of them). One guy cheats a little to get ahead (a time-honored tradition); the other guy calls into question the integrity of the results. No comparison.
BTW, corking your bat is counter-productive. Not only does it not work, it makes your bat LESS powerful.
Fnarf old timer, no need for the re-cap we all know what Rose did, and how wrong it was but the facts are still a little blurry. and Rose is a lot more important to the Game that this bozo.
Rose said he never bet against the Reds. I’m not sure how that’s ‘functionally identical to throwing games’. Please direct me to the transcripts where Rose admits he bet against the Reds.
@12: Because he’d manage differently in games he bet on (i.e. overworking a reliever), which could have a negative effect on subsequent games.
I don’t see how using steroids does not “call into question the integrity the results.” How many (more) Cards games would have been lost if McGwire hadn’t juiced?
I don’t think Rose should ever be allowed in. Same goes for steroid users. They’re a stain on baseball.
@12, in addition to the point raised @13, there’s the little matter of Pete Rose the manager inserting Pete Rose the player into games, where by then he was the worst regular player in the majors, solely for the purpose of amassing records, but thereby hurting his team’s chances to win; and manipulating his appearances to correspond with his betting.