Mark McGwire

St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire takes the time to write out steroids regimens for kids before the Cardinals take on the Nationals. Picture April 1st 2010
St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire takes the time to write out steroids regimens for kids before the Cardinals take on the Nationals.
Mark McGwire: A Career Retrospective ... In Pictures

Mark McGwire: A Career Retrospective ... In Pictures

January 12th 2010
Now that we finally know the truth about Mark McGwire's career, let's take a more informed look back ... through pictures.
Dan McGwire: "I obviously didn't take any steroids"

Dan McGwire: "I obviously didn't take any steroids"

January 12th 2010
The tearful admissions continue to flow from the McGwire Family. Hours after big brother Mark McGwire admitted to extensive steroids use during his record-setting 16-year major league baseball career, younger brother Dan McGwire admitted to extensive non-use of steroids during his failed 5-year NFL career.

I wish I had never played in the steroid era. Or in an era in which it was so easy for a player to hit .201 with only 22 home runs without steroids.

- Mark McGwire
How does Mark McGwire's steroids admission affect your opinion of him?
How does Mark McGwire's steroids admission affect your opinion of him?
  • LOWERS -- I hate people who say obvious things. "It's cold out today." "Oh, you don't say? I was wearing this coat to protect myself from the sun, dumbass."
  • DOESN'T AFFECT -- I don't like to focus on the past, so I don't know Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids. Hey, don't you wish Mark McGwire would admit to using steroids?
  • RAISES -- Anyone who played baseball in the 1990s and didn't use steroids would have to be a total moron, barring some sort of severe allergy to fame and/or piles of money.
Total Votes: 544
McGwire: "Steroids gave me the strength to apologize"

McGwire: "Steroids gave me the strength to apologize"

January 11th 2010
Mark McGwire has admitted taking steroids in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris' home run record. "I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said in a statement. "It was foolish and it was a mistake. But I am a stronger person now and it's all thanks to steroids."

Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire hoping to teach Cardinals PH Mark McGwire how to hit

Might Have Heard January 7th 2010

New St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire may have found his toughest student. Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa informed McGwire today that he would like to have McGwire pinch hit for the...

T.I.R.S.H.
Nov 3rd 1987 Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire wins the AL Rookie of the Year. McGwire declined the award due to his insistence that we all focus on the future instead of the past.
Rick Ankiel talks to Mark McGwire about his hitting woes

Rick Ankiel talks to Mark McGwire about his hitting woes

October 27th 2009
On his first day on the job as the new hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, Mark McGwire was approached by outfielder Rick Ankiel for some batting tips. But McGwire, ever safe with his words, just regurgitated lines his attorneys approved from his infamous testimony before Congress.

As the new batting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, I will share my hitting philosophy, which can be distilled down to 'See the ball, hit the ball.' Or it can be distilled down even more to an injectable form.

- Mark McGwire
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