I believe Mark did a good thing. He was upset talking about what he had to do for this to finally to come clean. He said he used it for a decade. That's a great admission. If he was using them you know everyone was using. He coming out like this puts him in the light like Andy P. and ARod. Those guys took the heat and now they over turned it and are back on top. Big Mac will do the same. He might even get into the Hall of Fame with this admission. The thing is everyone was using in that era. If you weren't then its your own fault. If a hitter and pitchers both admitted it then there was an even playing field.
This will always be a certain era in baseball. Did baseball need this after missing the 1994 season? YES! If Big Mac and Sammie Sosa didn't put on a show for the whole 1998 season then baseball might not have gotten back into the American light like it is now. Everyone loves to turn on the games in October and watch the excitement. No one was doing this in the late 90's because of the lockouts. Hockey still hasn't bounced back from there lockouts.
Big Mac needs to be let back into the family and left alone. What more do you want from the guy its time to move on. This is something every person should look at the truth will set you free. Living a lie is hard to do.
Tiger should take note that coming clean is good to do. Maybe this will start a trend maybe Bonds does the same. Maybe he doesn't but as far as votes go i better see BIG MAC votes in the Hall of Fame go up.
That's whats on my mind.
SIMSZEE
P.S. Does Derek Jeter look to be heading down the same road as Tiger with his new wedding announcement. Hey Jeet DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bonds will never come clean bro...He is a straight up sociopath...textbook!
ReplyDeleteGotta disagree. If McGwire really wants to "come clean" he should ask to have his record diminished. No matter what was going on in McGwire's ERA, he broke Maris' record by cheating. I see two ways to repair this.
ReplyDelete1.) McGwire tells Selig to strike his record from the books (and thus pressure removal of Bonds's, too), or
2.) Roger Maris' widow gets to beat McGwire in the head with a bat for as long as she wants. Then Babe Ruth's grand-daughter comes up and does the same.
I'm really not into the idea of McGwire working for the Cardinals and messing up the game's best pure hitter left.
Lastly, we all know that Canseco will never make the hall, and I hope McGwire & Bonds don't either. If A-Rod & Pettite do, it'd be because they've done what Mac never did, came back clean and won the title.
We're supposed to believe Albert doesn't do the juice either? Every successful ballplayer these days should be considered users. I think is what led to Prior's downfall as a pitcher. Talking about people who need to come clean; how about Louis Gonzalez. The guy set a record for homeruns at allstar break with 40+. I don't think the guy had hit or has hit even 40+ homeruns since. The list of players like this runs long, Brett Boone, Tino Martinez, Melvin Mora, Carlos Delgado.
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