OT: McGwire finally comes clean

[mintacular]

To hell with McGwire. His only asset was his ability to hit homers and pick up his doughnut of a son. At least Bonds was an all-around great player and was HOF bound with or without his (alleged) use of steroids...

[Abravefan11]

I agree with Steve that any shot he had at the HOF died on Capitol Hill.

He wants to get back into baseball and someone sat him down and told him this will not go away. So he's doing what he should have done a long time ago and though it may be too late for the HOF, it will allow him to get back into the game and eventually just do his job.

I guess its time to buy some of his cards. May go down like the Black Sox's scandal or Rose. They seem to go down well after several decades of being honest or caught in something. Maybe a good investment even though now its is bad one. Aren't there quite a few incodences where something major in MLB occured and after a while people forget or disconclude the issue when the next big thing happens and all is better and the prices shoot back up

[calvindog]

He's a victim. He didn't take the steroids for strength purposes. God. It's his lawyers' fault.

Now when will that other ignoramus Sosa sort of confess?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by calvindog

He's a victim. He didn't take the steroids for strength purposes. God. It's his lawyers' fault.

Now when will that other ignoramus Sosa sort of confess?

I'm sorry. I don't understand the question.

Habla Espanol?

[ctownboy]

Rhett,

In my opinion, A Rod should have gotten MORE criticism than he did.

He signed the 10 year, $250 million dollar contract and then used steroids to improve his stats and justify that contract.

After years of being asked and ALWAYS denying using steroids, A Rod opted OUT of his contract and signed an even BIGGER one. Then and only then did he come out and say he used steroids.

Of course, he said he used them BEFORE they were banned and being tested for. So, by delaying his admission, he was able to sign a larger contract AND not get punished for prior use.

If he had been a MAN, he would have admitted his use BEFORE he opted out of his old contract. By doing that he would have been honest but probably not been able to get a bigger contract. But I guess having been already paid $200 million dollars is NOT enough to live on these days....

If I were Bud Selig, I would say enough of this crap. I would give ALL players, past and current, a one week window to confess to their sins (using steroids and PEDs). Those that did would get a free pass (if it was before the steroid testing came into use in 2004. For those who admitted to using after testing began, they would get the normal punishment).

For those who DIDN'T admit their cheating and lying (and stealing of money they probably wouldn't have gotten if they didn't chemically enhance) during this grace period, if they are found later to have used, then they automatically get banned from baseball for life and their stats removed from the books.

This means no eligibility for the Hall of Fame and no job opportunites in baseball, EVER.

If these cheaters are so much of a sociopath that they can not bring themselves to admit publicly that they lied and cheated then they do NOT deserve forgiveness or any of the benefits of being in or around Major League Baseball.

[teetwoohsix]

I think the bottom line is all of these people's names are tarnished forever,coming back years later and admitting you did them doesn't make me look at any of them in a better light.

You will still associate their accomplishments with "juice".

I agree that A-Roid seemed to skate right past it all,so to speak-yeah,he was under scrutiny for awhile,but IMO got off easy,compared to Bonds.

McGuire should have "manned-up" years ago,but only did it now that there's something in it for him-simply pathetic.

[slidekellyslide]

I wonder if 100 years from now people will be collecting PED users who can't get into the Hall of Fame the same way we collect gamblers who threw World Series games?

And on another note, my wife's chances at the Hall of Fame went down the tubes today as she got her first dose of steroids.

[rhettyeakley]

I don't condone it as it is really terrible to have done them in the first place, however, at least it didn't take him 25 years to do it (a la Rose). Also, I don't think anyone gave ARod a free pass on anything as he was pretty much crucified when it came out.

I am all for people admitting when they have done something wrong, whether it is sincere or not. So, while I still don't think any more highly of McGwire now than I did before I also don't think any less of him than I did before because at least he is coming clean about it now (something not too many others have proven they are willing to do). I would like this to start a trend so that at least the record can be set straight, but I'm not holding my breath.

-Rhett

Edited to add: I never really thought much of McGwire in the first place so here I am still not thinking highly of the guy.