Is he only bothering to make this tiny apology now because he his preparing to receive a huge salary again from baseball as a coach?

I’m desensitized now. I could really care less.

His appearance as an Athletic coincided with the Angels’ first glory years of 79-86.

He and most of the media were FUCKED UP BULLIES when the AP reporter came out with the Andro story in 1998.

He lobbied against the Cardinals starting the ’99 or 2000 season in Japan and said some ridiculously racist shit about asians and the butt-kissing media just smiled and MLB got another team to go start the season there.

I love the fact that mister pop fly over the fence is getting his tiny balls kicked in by the baseball writers with his laughably low vote totals for Cooperstown. Fuck him.

Wait until its revealed that sammy sosa is actually a white man to admit to his use of steroids.

Isn’t he, like one of the top strikeout victims of all time, and with the fewest at-bats to achieve that infamy among his fellows on that particular leader board? Considering that he was the last person on the planet to chat up how he overcame this particular deficiency through modern chemicals, what maroon saw any value in his wisdom as a teacher now that his knowledge of bio-engineering is no longer current?

Does he qualify for contempt?

Still Blue.

I also heard there’s gambling going on at Rick’s Cafe Americaine.

Gosh I just thought his forearms were the size of a Texas because of hard work and dedication. Damnit!

He saved baseball.

Just curious.

One of them is a little more important to the Angels than the other…

I went to high school with him.

This whole story is a “duh”. Seriously – did anyone really believe he did not juice?

That said, he broke the rules of baseball and cheated. He has wrecked his legacy and damaged the reputation of the teams he played for. He deserves whatever punishment comes his way from the choices he made.

Let players physically catch up to other changing adversities they face. The game is not the same for more reasons than just steroids.

Pitchers have the advantage of high tech, slow motion, high definition scouting. Breaking every pitch, every swing down to a frame by frame break down of a hitters weakness. This type of scouting has produced very detailed statistics such as hot and cold zones, %swings and misses for different types of pitches in different regions, spray charts, average pitch break and arm slot means.

As some true fans can account to a players weakness by watching 162 games a year and using that knowledge to self evaluate their own teams. The problem is, its nearly impossible to gather that much information on every player on every other team. That comprehensive information is now available at the click of a button.

The technological advances in baseball have greatly impacted defensive alignments and pitcher/catcher relationships. Gone are the days of pitchers throwing what they like on a whim, embarking upon the now far-gone pitcher vs batter intelligence war that raged on for so many years in baseball. Catchers have evolved into tape devouring, intelligence gathering, pitch selection encyclopedias that compute the hundreds of hours of swings they have watched into calling for a slider low and away.

I believe the advanced scouting of today have given the run prevention side of baseball a significant boost. I think the only real way to counter-act this growing and evolving science is to juice the living hell out of players. The ability to hit that mistake pitch 600 feet is something I will never grow tired of. Giving any one player the ability to turn what would have been a weak pop up into a line drive is an blessing in a pill (or maybe syringe) form that should not be looked down upon like Tom Cruise at the NBA all-star weekend.

I say let anyone take anything to counteract the HD-DVR robots of the Selig era. As long as its legal.

Bring on the Prescription Drug Era.

‘If I wasn’t injured all the time, I never would have needed the stuff to get better!’

Bullshit. You wanted to hit the ball farther so you took steroids to get stronger. That’s the honesty you need to express in order to start redeeming yourself, douchebag.

This looks about the same

April 1997:

June 1997:

He just ate a lot of beef.

I’m pretty sure he’s innocent, along with Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens.

I blame the media for all of this.

“I wish I had never played during the steroid era,” McGwire said.

That’s like if Mike Tyson said “I wish I had never fought during the ear-biting era.”

What little, tiny, shriveled b*lls he has.

…Move along… move along…

HE USEDED DA STEROIDZZZ???

at this point, it would’ve been better if he didn’t say anything – just let it go and whatnot.

Hate McGwire because he was a dick (Rev’s assertion) or because he played for teams you despised, or because he was such a nutless wonder in front of Congress (hmmm. resulting from being juiced?), but for doing steroids? Getting an edge by cheating is as old as the game. Whether it was the Orioles hiding balls in the uncut outfield grass, or the Giants stealing signs so that Bobby Richardson could ruin Ralph Branca’s life or the Giants watering down the infield to slow down Wills or Gaylord junking up the ball (and he’s in the Hall), not to mention all the other tricks of the trade. Baseball has a long glorious tradition of putting winning over ethics. Seems so strange to jump all over this shit.

Additionally, players have used amphetamines illegally for decades. Speed is performance enhancing and also really really dangerous. Greenies just don’t enhance power and maybe that is why the emotion doesn’t surround it. While illegal (without a prescription) at the time, there was no provision in the collective bargaining agreement to punish users of either so why should we excoriate these guys now?

I’m not saying that Timmy or Brian (or any of the other players that I care so much about) ever used PEDs, but I am also sure that their status in the pantheon of my heroes would be diminished if they did.

There is an argument that McGwire doesn’t belong in the HOF even with the PED numbers (I’m not sure I agree), but the real battle will come up when Barry and Roger come up for consideration. The fact that both these guys are assholes will make the process enjoyable to me.

a lot of the baseball fans back from the 1994 strike. Water-cooler talk of baseball was non-existant from 1995 to 1998, as I recall.

A-Roid to Mike Wallace: “No, I’ve never used them, I never felt I needed them.” Fast forward…“Oh…I apologize”…in time to cash in for another 10 years. Tiger…are you listening?

McGwire’s apology is motivated pure and simple by cash. He wants some! He has been living behind private walls, golfing and staying away because he is a scumbag and knows he his a scumbag. “I am not here to talk about the past”….but now…he is talking, funny what a real “green” will do to one’s conscious. Did you read his statement…doubt he wrote it.

Should we give him a second chance…well sure. Sure, I’d hire him for any blue collar job that does not involve the need for honest…but should we attend St. Louis Card games…well, hell no. Nor do I like attending Yankee / Angel games….I only attend [because I’m a season ticket holder and] hoping A-Roid will strike out, trip, or maybe get a weggie running the bases with his tight ass pants pulled up to his crotch.

Baseball is in sad shape with regard to its reaction to roids…but lets putl all those kids who have pot issues, use illegal drugs, etc in jail…and let’s give those baseball pre-Madonna’s [sorry, couldn’t resist the A-Roid connection] millions. Besides, baseball fans are just dumb, overweight, hot-dog eating, beer drinking fools who bring their kids to watch. What does MLB care?

“No one on the teams I managed worked harder or better (or shot more juice) than Mark. And now, his willingness to admit mistakes (now that the Statute of Limitations on illegal drug procurement has expired), express his regret (when he realized that not even his own mom believed him anymore) and explain the circumstances (twelve freakin’ years after the fact) that led him to use steroids add to my respect for him (plus as his manager I gotta cover my own ass here). I’ve defended Mark because I observed him develop his unique power hitting skill through a rigorous physical (everybody knows needles really hurt!) and fundamental workout program (involved lots of "potassium gum" chewing)."

All these years…it was all a lie?

 I worked at Mark’s house almost 10 years ago in south county. Signed my name “kevin was here” on the back of his entertainment center in his living room. He would only sign 1 autograph for my boss. My boss gave it to his son Derek Landri… Funny thing… my boss and his son were on Roids too.