Big Mac is Confused

Mark McGwire finally responds to his ESPN interview

Mark McGwire reported to Cardinals camp in Jupiter, FLA Thursday and answered a few more softball questions from local reporters. McGwire continued to tell reporters how “sorry” he was and how much he regretted using banned substances during his late 90s home run binge. From the AP:

“It’s something I regret,” McGwire told reporters. “I can’t say I’m sorry enough to everybody in baseball and across America, and whoever watches this great game. “I think people understand how truly sorry I am for what I did.”

Sadly, McGwire contradicted his apology by saying steroids did not make him hit the ball further, it only gave him more at bats.

“Like I’ve said, people are going to have their opinions,” McGwire said. “Listen, it got me the opportunity to get out there and get more at-bats, and I got the chance to play.”

Mac, you are correct, steroids DO help you recover from various injuries, but you are wrong and contradicting your apology when you say they do not help you hit the ball out of the ballpark. You seem to be in denial, and still think you could have made the Hall of Fame with or without the juice.

The facts are you took the juice, played a lot longer than you should have because of the juice, and hit a lot more HR with the juice than you would have without.

McGwire keeps saying how sorry he is for cheating the game, but also says he does not think steroids helped him hit the ball out of the park. So what is he sorry for? Playing in too many games? Huh?!

Steroids add about 100 ft (Doc’s guesstimate) and millions of rotations on the baseball creating an inordinate amount of backspin, therefore making the ball go out of the ballpark nearly every time a 6’5″ 225 pound behemoth hits the sweet spot.

McGwire also said the evolution of his swing helped him hit 70(!) HR and not steroids. LOL.

Big Mac would go on and say how bad he felt for Roger Maris and his family, which again, contradicts his apology, and said he felt he owed it to the Maris family to call them before his steroids admission on national TV. I am still confused on what McGwire is sorry about.

It seems he is very happy with his admission, and happy he cleared his conscious, but the juice rotted his brain because he has no idea what he is sorry for.

“It took a lot to do what I did,” McGwire said. “I spoke the truth. Let’s move on and turn this into a really positive thing.”

I will happily turn it into a positive when you admit steroids made you a better player. Barry Bonds was a HOFer before he used steroids, but you were not.

Sidenote: Another creepy/forgotten fact in this mess is Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa’s role in the entire steroids era. He managed McGwire twice, Jose Canseco when he was a 40/40 caliber player, and the dozens of other abusers LaRussa would turn his back on all for the price of winning.

Matt Anaya
Twitter @MatAnaya @DugoutDoctors

Mark McGwire finally responds to his ESPN interview February 18, 2010 – Matt Anaya Mark McGwire reported to Cardinals camp in Jupiter, FLA Thursday and answered a few more softball questions from local reporters. McGwire continued to tell reporters how “sorry” he was and how much he regretted using banned substances during his late 90s [...]