Mark McGwire admits to using steroids!

[Razgovory]

Stop the presses!

Mark McGwire has admitted taking steroids in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris' home run record.

"I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said in a statement. "It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era.

"I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids. I had good years when I didn't take any and I had bad years when I didn't take any. I had good years when I took steroids and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it and for that I'm truly sorry. Baseball is really different now -- it's been cleaned up. The Commissioner and the Players Association implemented testing and they cracked down, and I'm glad they did."

McGwire is entering his first season as the hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, and his return to baseball prompted his admission. "It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected," McGwire said. That echoes the phrase he used repeatedly during a Congressional inquiry into steroids in baseball in 2005, when he stonewalled questions about whether he had ever used steroids by saying, "I'm not here to talk about the past."

McGwire then went into seclusion for several years before being hired at the end of last season as the Cardinals' new hitting coach.

"I'm glad Mark has gone public and the Cardinals welcome him back as our hitting coach," said Bill DeWitt Jr., the chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals.

McGwire played 16 seasons in the majors with Oakland and St. Louis. He retired after the 2001 season having hit 583 home runs, which still ranks tied for eighth in major league history. His 10.61 at bats/home run is the best ever.

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Also Pete Rose is a known gambler.

[Savonarola]

That ruins my concept of good and evil.   

[Valmy]

You still aren't getting into the Hall of Fame Mark.

[DGuller]

Wow!  Did anyone suspect this?

[Barrister]

I'll say it - it's nice to see him come clean.

[Admiral Yi]

Didn't he fess up a long time ago?

[Barrister]

Didn't he fess up a long time ago?

Nope.

He would give a non-answer, such as "I'm not here to talk about the past".  By not denying it it could be presumed, but this is the first time he made a positive statement that he used steroids.

[Razgovory]

I'll say it - it's nice to see him come clean.

He won't come clean till he admits to all those arsons and killing of prostitutes.

[Eddie Teach]

I'll say it - it's nice to see him come clean.

He won't come clean till he admits to all those arsons and killing of prostitutes.

Is that a Raz original theory, or has it been postulated elsewhere?

[Barrister]

I'll say it - it's nice to see him come clean.

He won't come clean till he admits to all those arsons and killing of prostitutes.

Not a fan I take it.

[Razgovory]

It's well know around St. Louis.

[jimmy olsen]

You still aren't getting into the Hall of Fame Mark.

Yeah, he ruined his chances by waiting this long, though they probably would've still been pretty slim anyways even if he'd fessed up at the congressional hearing.

[alfred russel]

You still aren't getting into the Hall of Fame Mark.

He is going to make it. Eventually they are going to let in Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, or Rodriguez--I can't imagine none of those guys getting in. At that point, what rationale is there to keep him out? At worst he goes to the veteran's committee before getting in.

[dps]

You still aren't getting into the Hall of Fame Mark.

He is going to make it. Eventually they are going to let in Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, or Rodriguez--I can't imagine none of those guys getting in. At that point, what rationale is there to keep him out? At worst he goes to the veteran's committee before getting in.

If the writers don't vote him in, as it stands now he can't get in.  The VC is currently limited to considering only players from before 1943. 

Of course, that'll change regardless of Big Mac's status.  They've changed the rules the VC operates under more often than some Languishites probably change their underwear.

[alfred russel]

If the writers don't vote him in, as it stands now he can't get in.  The VC is currently limited to considering only players from before 1943. 

Of course, that'll change regardless of Big Mac's status.  They've changed the rules the VC operates under more often than some Languishites probably change their underwear.

Are you sure? That doesn't seem right.

It doesn't matter who does it, eventually he will get in.