McGwire's Admission

Well you knew sooner or later. That another athlete would crack under the immense pressure of the media's "come clean" campaign. The latest admission came from Mark McGwire yesterday, when he revealed he used steroids on & off for most of the decade in the 90's. Now since its been a while, I'll remind the audience who Mark McGwire actually is. He's the Cardinals first basemen who broke Roger Maris' 37 year old single season HR record in 1998. No, I'm right about the year, 1998. So this news comes a decade too late & when no one any longer cares. It's just another name, on top of the pile of embarrassment for MLB.

McGwire, took it a step farther, & stated, "Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era." Well Mark, this is similar to Christopher Columbus wishing he never discovered the Caribbean Islands after he raped & pillaged it. Being a willing participant, no wait, one of the original Godfathers of this steroid era, you have very little room to complain about the circumstances you find yourself in. Big Mac went on to dispute how much of an effect steroids had on his 70 HR season saying, "I was given a gift to hit home runs." Telling Bob Costas of MLB Network, that studying pitchers and making his swing shorter led to his increase in home runs, and that he could have hit them without PEDs. AMAZING...the man has lied to himself so much over the last 10 years, that he actually believes this. Mark, they are called performance enhancing drugs...in other words, they are specially manufactored drugs to enhance your performance. If they didn't do anything...why take them? Oh yeah that's right...to stay healthy (the Andy Pettitte excuse)...like healthy enough to stay on the field & play enough games that allowed you to hit the home runs & eventually break the record. Personally, I feel this admission negates his career to the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America), who will now never vote him in to the Hall of Fame, after admitting use during the majority of his career.

Like most players who came forward after the exposure McGwire said "the truth will set you free." Then why does every player give us the same story? That they took it for injuries, made a mistake, didn't know what they were doing, it was a bad decision on their part or everyone else was doing it? Just once, I wish an athlete would come out & say, "I was in a contract year & I wanted to get a huge payday. That's why I did it." or "I wanted to be the greatest player who ever played & this drug took me a step closer to that." or "I knew it was wrong, but I didn't care. I wanted the fame that came along with the historic performance I was about to embark on & I don't regret it one bit." Any of those statements would be more truthful, than the alligator tears segment we get from every player, every time there name is mentioned in the same breathe as "steroid user." The only reason they are sorry & they cry, is because they are being exposed to the public. Nothing more nothing less.

Let me be the first to officially name a fantasy baseball team Big Mac Special Sauce for the upcoming 2010 fantasy season. It'll be the next team name to catch on.