Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke the home run record in 1998. To many sports fans, this isn’t a shock due to all the other names that have come up in the past for Steroid allegations. There’s been an ongoing debate on if everyone during the 90′s w/ daunting batting percentages should have an asterisk (*) next to their names & w/ the fall from grace of another baseball player, I think the answer is obvious.
It all began when Jose Canseco spilled the beans about how athletes would juice up before games….Alex Rodriquez, Sammy Sosa, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Rafael Palmeiro, Andy Pettitte & Roger Clemons are all names that have been linked or implicated since then (just to name a few).
Here’s what McGwire had to say:
“It’s very emotional, it’s telling family members, friends and coaches, you know, it’s former teammates to try to get ahold of, you know, that I’m coming clean and being honest,” he said during a 20-minute telephone interview, his voice repeatedly cracking. “It’s the first time they’ve ever heard me, you know, talk about this. I hid it from everybody.”
McGwire said he also used human growth hormone, and he didn’t know if his use of performance-enhancing drugs contributed to some of the injuries that led to his retirement, at age 38, in 2001.
In all, to most of us sports fans this doesn’t come as a shocker b/c of how big McGwire became over the years. Also hitting 70 home runs was an incredible feat but many believed help was coming from somewhere. At least now the speculation ends & we now know the truth.
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-Ron
