Breaking Sports News: McGuire Admits.....

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....Took steriods for 10 years during the homerun stretch in the 90's. Are you surprised, well at least he came clean finally and will others?

http://cbs13.com/national/mark.mcguire. ... 18850.html

Peace

Black Diamond

Well it's good that he finally said something. As far as I can tell he does not say if he took them in the record year...

jimed14

I do praise him for waiting until after the Hall of Fame vote to announce it.

No doubt, this was part of his agreement to take a job with the Cardinals.

Cliffy6745

Black Diamond wrote:

Well it's good that he finally said something. As far as I can tell he does not say if he took them in the record year...

He does admit taking them in 98

"I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again," McGwire said in his statement. "I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4816607

I say good for him, it would have been really easy for him to just stay out of the spotlight like he has for the past 5 years or so.

rival.

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

PJGARDEN

singularity wrote:

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

My thoughts exactly.

Cliffy6745

Full statement:


"Now that I have become the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, I have the chance to do something that I wish I was able to do five years ago.

I never knew when, but I always knew this day would come. It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected. I used steroids during my playing career and I apologize. I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 off season and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season.

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

During the mid-'90s, I went on the DL seven times and missed 228 games over five years. I experienced a lot of injuries, including a ribcage strain, a torn left heel muscle, a stress fracture of the left heel, and a torn right heel muscle. It was definitely a miserable bunch of years and I told myself that steroids could help me recover faster. I thought they would help me heal and prevent injuries, too.

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.

I'm grateful to the Cardinals for bringing me back to baseball. I want to say thank you to Cardinals owner Mr. DeWitt, to my GM, John Mozeliak, and to my manager, Tony La Russa. I can't wait to put the uniform on again and to be back on the field in front of the great fans in Saint Louis. I've always appreciated their support and I intend to earn it again, this time as hitting coach. I'm going to pour myself into this job and do everything I can to help the Cardinals hitters become the best players for years to come.

After all this time, I want to come clean. I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony, but now I feel an obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it. I'll do that, and then I just want to help my team."

Cliffy6745

PJGARDEN wrote:

singularity wrote:

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

My thoughts exactly.

For whatever its worth it does say he was told by his lawyers not to admit anything and you would be pretty crazy to think players would admit it when it first started coming out.

jimed14

MLB Network, 7 pm eastern. McGwire will interview with Costas ... 1st interview after the statement.

Let's hope many more guys come forth ... at least the ones that don't face perjury charges.

Cliffy6745

jimed14 wrote:

MLB Network, 7 pm eastern. McGwire will interview with Costas ... 1st interview after the statement.

Let's hope many more guys come forth ... at least the ones that don't face perjury charges.

Nice, Costas is not going to take it easy on him either.

jimed14

Cliffy6745 wrote:

jimed14 wrote:

MLB Network, 7 pm eastern. McGwire will interview with Costas ... 1st interview after the statement.

Let's hope many more guys come forth ... at least the ones that don't face perjury charges.

Nice, Costas is not going to take it easy on him either.

agreed. Costas gets a lot of shit, but, if he's talking baseball, I enjoy watching him.

Anything other than baseball ... not so much.

Cliffy6745

jimed14 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

jimed14 wrote:

MLB Network, 7 pm eastern. McGwire will interview with Costas ... 1st interview after the statement.

Let's hope many more guys come forth ... at least the ones that don't face perjury charges.

Nice, Costas is not going to take it easy on him either.

agreed. Costas gets a lot of shit, but, if he's talking baseball, I enjoy watching him.

Anything other than baseball ... not so much.

I hear you, I hated him in the booth and i was never a huge fan of Costas Now. I think he does a good job with the Olympics as well (I might be in the minority on that).

blackredyellow

singularity wrote:

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

Yeah, but i'll file this under "better late than never"

At least he came clean about it now.

norm

in other news, the sky is blue

Hawkshore

Damn! ......What other gems are going to be uncovered from the nineties??? ........OJ did it!!! :roll:

LloydXmas

singularity wrote:

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

I am bitterly angry about this. I remember that summer and spent many nights watching the home run chase. Excuse my language, but how the fuck does bud Selig still have a fucking job. All of this shit happened under his watch.

Fuck him and MLB. They won't get one penny from me this year.

g under p

BTW I don't believe MM after all hie steriod & HGH usage he has any of the homerun records. I now forsee in a couple of years Selig either removing Bonds from the homerun record or at the very least an ****. Then resetting the mark back to 61.

These guys are or were making a mockery out of the game.

Peace

aspoonfulweighsaton

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

singularity wrote:

he's still a coward for not admitting this years ago.

I am bitterly angry about this. I remember that summer and spent many nights watching the home run chase. Excuse my language, but how the fuck does bud Selig still have a fucking job. All of this shit happened under his watch.

Fuck him and MLB. They won't get one penny from me this year.

Because EVERYONE spent many nights watching the chase. Remember, baseball was just a few years removed from an unprecedented work stoppage where no World Series was played. It was bringing fans back to the park and that's that.

Sometimes entertainment trumps integrity.

Whizbang

I...for one....am SHOCKED!

CROJAM95

The Brawney paper towl guy was juicin?

Guys like him and Papi are the worst

without juice......they ain't shit,even with it they struck out a bunch,can't run,can't play D

juice made those dudes serious$,maybe without it they aren't big leaguers

Gary Carter

Hawkshore wrote:

Damn! ......What other gems are going to be uncovered from the nineties??? ........OJ did it!!! :roll:

but the glove didn't fit :roll:


THE only reason big mac did this was so overtime he can get more votes for the hall of fame. He shoulda said he was sorry when he was in DC a few years back. I think he only got 26% of the votes this year.