Mark McGwire: I Still Would Have Hit 70 HRs Without PEDs

[seanofjapan]

"Of course not all of them in the same season" continued McGwire "but over the course of 2 or 3 seasons I definitely would have hit those 70 home runs without PEDs, not a doubt in my mind."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...cid=spartanntp

[Hxcmilkshake]

Buuuuut you didnt. So theres that.

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[packs]

Haha the record isn't set by hitting more than 61 home runs across 2 or 3 seasons. Why even comment at all?

[Gobucsmagic74]

I don't see the quote posted anywhere in the article?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by packs

Haha the record isn't set by hitting more than 61 home runs across 2 or 3 seasons. Why even comment at all?

The OP was joking.

[D. Bergin]

I don't hate McGwire. Baseball was totally ignorant to the performance benefits of HGH, which to my understanding is not as harmful to the body as many of the steroids that were out then.

If I had an injury, I would not turn down the offer of HGH to help heal my body.

That said, it certainly was a performance enhancer for him. 6 foot 5 inch 1st Basemen don't have a history of coming back from debilitating back injuries like he suffered through for a few seasons in Oakland, bigger and stronger and more flexible then ever before.

[packs]

Is there really any doubt he cheated his entire career?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

Is there really any doubt he cheated his entire career?

My assumption is that he and Canseco started early. I have my doubts that 49 HR rookie season or whatever it was, was "natural."

[packs]

At least Judge broke his bogus record.

[pokerplyr80]

Steroids weren't even banned in baseball in 1987. I don't believe the cream he admitted to using later was either, although I could be wrong about that. And even though MLB banned steroids in 91 they didn't start testing for them until 2003. Personally I don't think these guys should be black balled now when the league didn't care while this was going on.