Okay, it was kinda relieving to finally hear former A's slugger Mark McGwire confess his baseball sins by admitting to steroid use. Regardless of his feelings about steroids not contributing to his power swings, McGwire at least admitted his use.
So WHY is he still going on about it and trying so hard to make us believe steroids had little effect on his play? The more McGwire talks the more he sounds untruthful about his full use of steroids and unacceptable of the advantages he gained from steroid use.
The more he talks the more former teammate, Jose Conseco, who claimed he and McGwire shot up steroids together in a clubhouse bathroom stall, sounds like a humbled saint. I may go out and buy a copy of Jose's book titled "Juiced" just to get a more saintly understanding of the steroid era truth, because Mark McGwire is surely not telling it all.
And let us not forget the reason McGwire is now confessing his sins; he's being offered a job in major league baseball. I'd rather see Pete Rose let back into major league baseball than see McGwire anywhere near the game after his selfish confession. At least Pete was eventually truthful with himself, baseball and the fans. Better yet, let's re-instate Shoeless Joe Jackson of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox.
I wonder what Bob Costas was thinking as he interviewed a sobbing, and allegedly repentant, McGwire? Costas gave McGwire every opportunity to come clean and finally show true remorse for using steroids. Instead, McGwire just shit all over himself, again and agan, without even a grunt. He sounded sorry for getting caught and felt more a victim of an era than a victimizer of steroids. There was no remorse for his steroid enabling feats of home run power. Fact is, he denied that steroids played a part in his home run production.
So is McGwire just delusional or was his 70 home run season just a blessed saint Mark displaying his natural born "Gifts from God?" Here's something to ponder,
the First of the Ten Commandments:
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
Mark McGwire confessed putting something before his "God Given" talent, steroids. It seems he's still putting desires in front of his God by accepting a MLB employment position without first doing full penance. That penance? Telling The Whole Truth!
Roger Maris, we fans apologize for Mark McGwire's transgressions as well as those of others in the steroid era.
Undisputed Home Run King:
Roger Maris
N Y Yanbkees Right Fielder
1961 season hit 61 Home Runs (Major League Baseball Record)
Most Home Runs in a Single MLB Season | ||||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | HRs | Year | ||||||
| 1 | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants | 73* | 2001 | ||||||
| 2 | Mark McGwire | St. Louis Cardinals | 70* | 1998 | ||||||
| 3 | Sammy Sosa | Chicago Cubs | 66* | 1998 | ||||||
| 4 | Mark McGwire | St. Louis Cardinals | 65* | 1999 | ||||||
| 5 | Sammy Sosa | Chicago Cubs | 64* | 2001 | ||||||
| 6 | Sammy Sosa | Chicago Cubs | 63* | 1999 | ||||||
| 7 | Roger Maris | New York Yankees | 61 | 1961 | ||||||
| 8 | Babe Ruth | New York Yankees | 60 | 1927 | ||||||
| 9 | Babe Ruth | New York Yankees | 59 | 1921 | ||||||
| T10 | Jimmie Foxx | Philadelphia Athletics | 58 | 1932 | ||||||
| T10 | Hank Greenberg | Detroit Tigers | 58 | 1938 | ||||||
| T10 | Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 2006 | ||||||
| T10 | Mark McGwire | Oakland Athletics St. Louis Cardinals | 58* | 1997 | ||||||
| T14 | Luis Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks | 57* | 2001 | ||||||
| T14 | Alex Rodriguez | Texas Rangers | 57* | 2002 | ||||||
| T16 | Ken Griffey | Seattle Mariners | 56* | 1997 | ||||||
| T16 | Ken Griffey | Seattle Mariners | 56* | 1998 | ||||||
| T16 | Hack Wilson | Chicago Cubs | 56 | 1930 | ||||||
* = Steroid Era
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