***McGWIRE ADMITS STEROID USE***
As Bob Ryan might say, "I'm shocked! Shocked!" Yeah, right. So how did this play out? Well, we got tears; none of the other confessions went that route, so at least he was original. He apologized, as did the others, and he wished he hadn't, just like the others. All this pretty much according to form.
He says that his testimony in front of the Senate committee came about because his lawyers were trying to get immunity for him, and when they couldn't, it was decided that he should "just not talk about it." Immunity?? What immunity did he need? He wasn't still playing or working for MLB, so what were they going to do to him? A-Rod didn't 'ask' for immunity, nor did Andy Pettitte. Even though he apologized for "something," neither did Jason Giambi. So this is where we start to go downhill.
Then he said he only used them for "health reasons." Sure, the health of his bank account. He got big and after he stopped playing, he got small again. Yeah, right. Health. He said they "didn't help him hit home runs." Now we're buying a ticket to Fantasyland. For the first 6 FULL years of his career, before steroids, he averaged 33 homers a year. The next 5 years after steroids, he averaged 53 homers per year. (There were two years in between when he only played a total of 75 games.)
Finally, he says that he was "given a gift by the man upstairs." That's right, Mark, blame it all on Bud Selig.
CP
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