OT: McGwire finally comes clean

RichR · #1 01-11-2010, 04:01 PM

�You don�t know that you�ll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet on a national level,� he said. �I did this for health purposes. There�s no way I did this for any type of strength use.�

Still lying though - "Did this for health purposes" yeah right.

calvindog · #2 01-11-2010, 04:10 PM

Yeah, I have to agree. That one line does scream out as a pretty obvious lie.

PolarBear · #3 01-11-2010, 04:50 PM

I really wish Baseball would ban all those associated with PED's.

This is worse than what Rose did in my opinion.

Once banned, then that should also exclude your stats from being officially counted. Not that they don't exist, but that they aren't officially recognized by MLB.

That would leave Maris and Aaron officially back on top of the HR records.

Fred · #4 01-11-2010, 05:03 PM

I applaud McGwire for finally breaking his silence. Sure, we pretty much already knew that he used PEDs, but for him to finally come clean has got to lift a weight off his shoulders. It'll be interesting to see if any other players want to "belly up to the bar" and own up to what they've done.

We pretty much know who a lot of the PED users are (Sosa, Bonds, Clemens and many others). I think that coming clean might actually do some good because then the era of PED abusers could have a little closure and baseball could just "move on".

rdwyer · #5 01-11-2010, 05:17 PM

No respect from me. I rather hire an ex-felon.

ethicsprof · #6 01-11-2010, 05:57 PM

i guess he really wanted to be the hitting coach.
always some external motivation to be truthful.
man, i love the deadball era.

best,
barry

whycough · #7 01-11-2010, 07:32 PM

Just saw Mark on MLB network with Bob Costas. Kept on saying steroids provided him no increase in strength; it was his hand eye coordination, a gift from God. Always good to throw God in there.

mark evans · #8 01-12-2010, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred

I applaud McGwire for finally breaking his silence. Sure, we pretty much already knew that he used PEDs, but for him to finally come clean has got to lift a weight off his shoulders. It'll be interesting to see if any other players want to "belly up to the bar" and own up to what they've done.

We pretty much know who a lot of the PED users are (Sosa, Bonds, Clemens and many others). I think that coming clean might actually do some good because then the era of PED abusers could have a little closure and baseball could just "move on".

I don't see Clemens coming clean any time soon as he denied use under oath in congressional testimony in 2008 and perjury offense implicates 5-year statute of limitations, unless perhaps as part of a plea deal if he's prosecuted and senses a likely conviction.

Fred · #9 01-12-2010, 03:27 PM

Top 10 HR seasons:

1. Barry Bonds (36) 73 2001
2. Mark McGwire (34) 70 1998
3. Sammy Sosa (29) 66 1998
4. Mark McGwire (35) 65 1999
5. Sammy Sosa (32) 64 2001
6. Sammy Sosa (30) 63 1999
7. Roger Maris (26) 61 1961
8. Babe Ruth+ (32) 60 1927
9. Babe Ruth+ (26) 59 1921
10. Jimmie Foxx+ (24) 58 1932

The top six spots were filled in the years 1998-2001. Wow, what an era that was....

chaddurbin · #10 01-12-2010, 03:57 PM

mcgwire should be in the hall solely for the fact that he revived the american interest in baseball.

(i'm only half kidding)

Runscott · #11 01-14-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichR

“You don’t know that you’ll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet on a national level,” he said. “I did this for health purposes. There’s no way I did this for any type of strength use.”

Still lying though - "Did this for health purposes" yeah right.

If he hadn't have said that, I think the rest of his 'coming clean' was handled very well. Even the guy sitting in the courtroom with him, whose son died from steroid use, said he understood McGwire's previous response to Congress, once he heard that McGwire had asked for immunity. Let's face it, Congress doesn't handle baseball problems very well - any better than they handle anything else.

So I give McGwire's confession higher marks than any previous other than Andy Petitte, who's the only one who truly handled it the correct way.

Scott <=== now posting annually

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