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Mark Mcgwire admits to using Steroids

January 12, 2010

Another one bites the dust.  A report came out today that Mark McGwire, who broke Roger Maris’ single-season home run record with 70 home runs back in 1998, admitted today that he used steroids through the 90′s while playing baseball.  This includes his record breaking season which hurts me because I really looked up to the guy back in the day.  While he was not my favorite player, he was one of them.  The day Greg Maddux comes out and says he has used steroids is the day that I stop watching baseball.  This comes at no surprise to most baseball fans as he dodged a lot of the questions in his testimony in front of the Senate.  Most of his fans are actually coming out in support and Bob Knight has even come out in support of the Mark McGwire legacy.  ”I wish I had never used steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake.”  Those words make me think that maybe McGwire isn’t sleeping too well these days.  The media claims that its probably because he is taking a new job.  His family seems to be very understanding just giving him words of encouragement throughout this whole ordeal.  He was a baseball icon back in the 90′s with his grandiose physique and a swing that only a 12 year old dreaming of hitting that home run in the 9th inning of the World Series could appreciate.  With the swing came the fans barreling out of their cars three hours before the game even started just to see a glimpse of the home run machine that was Mark McGwire.  With this I can only say that in my mind Roger Maris is now the single season home run leader (Sammy Sosa and McGwire being the only two players to have statistically more home runs in a season).

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Written by #1 Sportsfan · Filed Under Baseball, MLB, Other Sports 

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