Big Mac Attack
Mark McGwire’s admission to steroid use throughout his career did not come as a shock. Suspicion has surrounded the once single-season home run king this past decade. However despite numerous reports and accusations, McGwire repeatedly denied having ever used performance-enhancing drugs even swearing under oath before congress in 2005. With “Big Mac” reentering the game as the Cardinals hitting coach this year it seems appropriate that he come clean about his use of steroids and I commend him for doing so. However, in his statement to the Associated Press on Jan 11, McGwire argued that he used the drugs solely to recover from injuries, that they did not enhance his abilities on the field at all. Come On! There is no one on the face of the earth who could be gullible or naïve enough to believe that a decade of steroid use contributed nothing to a 70 home run record-breaking season (at the time) in 1998. The most important thing to do for all those who cheated during this period is be honest so that we can all achieve closure and move on from what will always be remembered as a dark time for baseball. But don’t give us half-truths or deny the intent of your actions. In the end even if he admits to having used drugs he’s still lying to us and to himself if he honestly believes that steroids gave him no advantage over the competition for all those years. In the end, his reputation will never be the same anyway so he might as well be entirely truthful and say “I used these drugs at a time when everyone else was, I fell into the same trap because I didn’t want to fall behind in the level of competition.” Either way no player from this era is ever going to be looked upon the same way we look at Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron or any other true hall of fame players; because they not only tainted themselves, but an entire generation of Major League Baseball. Mark McGwire needs to set the standard once and for all so that we may all finally be able to move on.
- Keep Non-Violent Drug Offenders Out oF Our Jails / Prisons !
- WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE FIGHT OF DRUG ABUSE, AND TRAFFICKING AMONG THE YOUTH
- End Legalized Drug Dealing In America (ELDDA)
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