Please Everyone, Baseball Needs Compromise
Please Everyone, Baseball Needs Compromise
Busch Stadium – St. Louis Cardinals
Mark McGwire apologized profusely and repeatedly for his actions on Monday. Just as emphatically, though, he refused to apologize for his statistics.
Mark McGwire, hired in October as the Cardinals’ hitting coach, publicly admitted that he used steroids and human growth hormone. As the story developed through the day, it became clear that his teammates — not to mention his bosses — had his back.
Mark McGwire’s admission that he took steroids through much of his career resonated throughout the baseball world, drawing reaction among current players and his former teammates and colleagues alike.
I have never cared much for baseball. When I was little, I would stand in the outfield and pick at the grass instead of really paying attention to the softball game I was playing.