Mark McGwire admits taking steroids

[ManBearPig...]

the year him and sosa were going after each other was probably the most ridiculous thing i've seen in sports my entire life.  imagine just a year before that (and since) people with HALF the home runs they were hitting were all stars.

every game day almost one of them hit a home run.  baseball must've cashed in hard that year.

[#1 Klaus fan]

Groundbreaking.

[Doug_Steele]

what steroid was it.....

ESPN said, Equipoise, Test, Stan, HGH..the norm. 

Juan Gonzalez was juicing also. 

[phemonmmill32]

go back and to the year the all-star game was in seatle and how jacked jason giambi was and how long some of his home runs in the home run derby traveled

[nycbull]

sounds like he is blaming his drug usage on the "steroid era".

I think sports should allow steroids for players repairing an inujury. Have them not play for a while until they are better. This way players can still use and the organizations drop the testing and ignore the whole issue.

[Doug_Steele]

sounds like he is blaming his drug usage on the "steroid era".

I think sports should allow steroids for players repairing an inujury. Have them not play for a while until they are better. This way players can still use and the organizations drop the testing and ignore the whole issue.

It sounded like he was crying while giving that interview... 

[dodger]

really??? wow..you kidding me??

[jesusbod]

Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.

"I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said in a statement. "It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era."


http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wirestory?id=9533663&page=1

Shocking news... 

[Gregzs]

mark m was definely juicing , and not only because of canseco, his little brother was a bodybuilder and got him started. his two bigger brothers were both failures one in football and the other basketball. his stats were 1317 walks 36th all time,   1626 hits ,   583 homers 8th=led league 4 times.,1414 rbi's 66th,  1167 runs scored192nd,   263 avg,   394 obp 78th,    588 slg pct 9th,   ab per hr 10.6 1 st all time.  votes pct in 2010 23.7 percent required pct 75 pct. chances geyying into hof not bloody likely. was on cover of md proves he was juicing.

I recall he had a falling out with his brother Jay.

[Eric2]

Who fucking cares. Professional sports have been rigged from the beginning, why should we give a fuck if a player cheats too. Nothing new here.................... ...next.

[nycbull]

Who fucking cares. Professional sports have been rigged from the beginning, why should we give a fuck if a player cheats too. Nothing new here.................... ...next.

honestly...I have to laugh at the grown men sitting around there televisions sets every Sat and Sun afternoon living vicariously through athletes. If they were watching pop and rock stars instead, society would be agahst. Because it is sports somehow it is OK to do.

Imagine your father and brothers sitting around all weekend cheering for Metallica.

[tom joad]

honestly...I have to laugh at the grown men sitting around there televisions sets every Sat and Sun afternoon living vicariously through athletes.

what does that make grown men who go to bodybuilding shows or who watch bodybuilding dvds?

[Trapper_Slapper]

the year him and sosa were going after each other was probably the most ridiculous thing i've seen in sports my entire life.  imagine just a year before that (and since) people with HALF the home runs they were hitting were all stars.

every game day almost one of them hit a home run.  baseball must've cashed in hard that year.

Whoa! I wish that I could have as much quality juice "Dominican genes" running through my system as Sammy.

[njflex]

Whoa! I wish that I could have as much quality juice "Dominican genes" running through my system as Sammy.

thats not silvio samuel...

[njflex]

go back and to the year the all-star game was in seatle and how jacked jason giambi was and how long some of his home runs in the home run derby traveled

giambis mantra was party like a rock star,live like a movie star,fuk like a porn star,,as a yankees fan i liked his team attitude and cool guy demeanor,but in 2002 he hit a ball in toronto that hit  under the second deck wall under the deck and bounced back on the field,guy loved the contract ,notoriety,juice...

[PANDAEMONIUM]

Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.

"I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said in a statement. "It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era."


http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wirestory?id=9533663&page=1

No surprise there. He's just admitting what we (and he) knew all along anyway. Too bad he had to be so f'n fake for the past 10 years.

[Desolate]

in his defense, he wasn't on the gas when he hit 49 in 86 which was his rookie year.

I think he was. I believe his own brother claimed he used steroids while at USC.

[nzmusclemonster]

Albert Pooholes is on steroids as well.

[HTexan]

[Desolate]

Harry Reid would approve.


As to the dialect, well...

[MuscleMcMannus]

They just showed an interview of McGwire blubbering like a little bitch about his steroid use.  I mean he was close to crying.  LOL.  What a big fucking pussy.  I mean these sports stars are grown children. 

[UPINTHEMGUTS]

What qualifies Mark McGwire to be the St. Louis Cardinals' batting/hitting coach?


The guy has a lifetime career .263 average. He's always hit for power and never for average.


He's only hit over .300 one time in his career where he played at least 100 games in a season.


Not exactly stellar.....

[BayGBM]

Didn't McGwire and company call Jose Canseco a liar when he named them all as users? Jose Canseco has the last laugh.  


Sports blog Deadspin is reporting today that Mark McGwire's younger brother, Jay McGwire, is circulating a book to New York publishers titled, "The McGwire Family Secret: The Truth about Steroids, A Slugger and Ultimate Redemption."   

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2009/01/mark_mcgwires_kid_brother_claims_in_book_he_introduced_slugger_to_roids.php

[Captain Equipoise]

ESPN said, Equipoise, Test, Stan, HGH..the norm. 

Juan Gonzalez was juicing also. 

Damn, that's a good stack!!!

[njflex]

What qualifies Mark McGwire to be the St. Louis Cardinals' batting/hitting coach?


The guy has a lifetime career .263 average. He's always hit for power and never for average.


He's only hit over .300 one time in his career where he played at least 100 games in a season.


Not exactly stellar.....

THERE have been many ex pitcher/hitters who had less then stellar career numbers and became great coaches,marks hr totals are the exception,,,in his case,he needs to teach fundamental approach and correct flaws in a swing or stance,maybe he has a keen eye for that ,and personally it didn't translate for him hitting for better overall avg.