Did we need this, Big Mac?
Mark McGwire did steroids? Seriously? Did we need him coming out and admitting it in order to believe it was true. Anyone who enjoyed baseball before the late 80s could see the change in players into WWE wrestlers. How does a person’s skull grow? Big Mac, Bonds, and Sosa can all say that training is different and eating regimines are different. But that does not, in any way, make your skull expand.
In the end, I believe McGwire apologized for two reasons. First of all, he wants to get back into baseball as a hitting coach, and he knew he would have to answer these questions eventually. Secondly, he continues to see the low Hall of Fame numbers and wants in.
I don’t feel bad for him in the least and hope he never gets into the hall. I feel this is just as bad as gambling as he cheated the game. How much better could Maddux have been if he didn’t have to pitch to Hercules and his monster teammates? So many people were cheated as a result of this. In the end, he did not feel bad at all. Even though he blubbered for an hour, he made stupid comments about how the PEDs never gave him an advantage but only helped him heal. REALLY? He could have hit 70 homeruns without them? His that massive back and top half that couldn’t hold itself upright on his size 32 waist. Yes that is right, he had my waist(well not anymore). He is lucky he didn’t break in half.
In the end, he is just an arrogant idiot who believes that if he cries for an hour, all will be forgiven. He will wait until the season then refuse to answer any more questions. And while he feels forgiven, the public and the hall will never fully accept his apology.
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By CWD, January 17, 2010 @ 7:18 am
I think anyone caught should be thrown out, and colleges that encourage it should be fined heavily as well. Not just for the short term effects you stated in your post, but for the long term effect the drugs have on the players using them. 30 years from now 20/20 will run a story (provided they’re still on the air) about how Mark and a few others are invalids, permanent damage done to both brain and body, requiring constant assistance for even the most minor of daily activities. And they’ll expect us to sympathize with these guys.