On McGwire
Here's the New York Post's great columnist Phil Mushnick on Mark McGwire being named the St. Louis Cardinal's hitting coach:
``If you can get past the muscle drugs issue, Mark McGwire is an excellent choice to be the Cardinals' batting coach. Having struck out 100 or more times in 10 seasons, who better to instruct how to avoid hitting into double plays? Beyond that, had McGwire not stonewalled Congress -- had he answered the questions and answered honestly -- he might be ineligible for any MLB gig.''
The problem is that Mark McGuire was singled out by Congress. 100s of players in the steriod era cheated too.
hiring the face of the steroid era as an MLB hitting instructor?? that is so priceless.
Player: coach how do i hit 80 homers?
McGuire: shoot up with so many steroids, you hit broken-bat check-swing homers!
why doesn't the NFL just hire OJ to counsel players on anger management?
oh how i love that touching scene where big fat cheater McSteroid was hugging Roger Maris' family, knowing all the time he was stealing the record. makes you sick thinking about it.
no matter the sport, when you talk cheating, you're talking USC, period.
A lot of sportswriters have a completely unrealistic view of what steroids do and would be well-served to read Canseco's book. You don't just take steroids and get bigger muscles. The steroids help the muscles recover. You still have to tear them down to get them to build up. You get to do it more often. I don't know how the hell anyone calls them a shortcut, and thus "cheating". They were not against any MLB rules at the time Big Mac played. Some substances he used, like Andro, were available over the counter.
http://www.biggerstrongerfastermovie.com/
Well said, Bosco. I recommend the link above. A very entertaining, enlightening documentary on steroids and the political hyprocrisy surrounding them. Directed by USC grad Chris Bell.