This week in Ignorance: Juice does a body good...

Just how does the Baseball Hall of Fame want its Big Mac?

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame bun is how you make a McDonald's Big Mac. But, how do we make a Big Mac hit 70 home runs? Give it some steroids and it can do miracles and live to cry about it 5 years later.
 
That's right!  The baseball dream has finally come true.  The 'Great White Hype' of Major League Baseball has come out and said yes, I took steroids during my historic season. Mark McGuire himself admitted these truths last night in an interview with Bob Costas.
 
During this interview (and I'm not going to break down the interview because you can watch it yourselves on Sportscenter during one of the 16 hours that it plays per day), I was wondering a few things.
 
Golden Question: How can a man say that he has a gift to hit home runs and doesn't need steroids to hit 70 homers in one season?
 
Did you know the type of pitcher you were facing?  Were you aware of the changing winds?  Even the size of the stadium factors into this. Not to mention wear and tear of a long season on the body.  How do you accomplish such a thing that hadn't been completed in 60 years? He was hitting 1 homerun every 2 ½ games.  That's unheard of. And he wasn't even a Designated Hitter! Granted, 1st base isn't as hard as 3rd base or shortstop, but he still was on offense and defense for most of the game.
 
Silver Question: If you had a gift, why would you take them?
 
The book of Ephesians tells us that you have been given all of the spiritual gifts and abilities to live on this earth, but do you need to be high to be able to pray well?
 
Mark also stated that the steroids didn't help him hit the ball any better than it did when he wasn't playing with the drugs.  A steroid is a performance enhancer, correct?  It allows the muscles to rejuvenate quicker from injury, bruise, or tension.  If you had no pain when bench pressing 400lbs, do you believe you could do a set of 10? I’m not saying that it gave him superhuman strength, but when a 30+ year old man plays 155 games; his body hurts.  Epson salt baths and steroids take away all that pain.
 
Bronze Question: Who's at fault?  Mark McGuire, his lawyers, MLB, or his teammates?
 
How ignorant would we be to give him a free pass?  He lied to Congress.  He didn't just lie to a Grand Jury. He went into the highest office in America and lied publicly and privately.  Even after he admitted this; he's still employed by MLB as a hitting coach for St. Louis Cardinals.  This is the same institution that just let A-Rod (admitted steroids user) win a World Series.  This is the same institution that crucified Barry Bonds for lying to a Grand Jury about steroids and blackballed him from playing again.  And last, and most importantly, the same institution that banned the game's greatest hitter for betting on baseball; but not games he played in.  He can't even get a job in the league.  I guess Big Mac is better than the menu says after all.

 

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  • 1/13/2010 12:07 PM Anonymous wrote:
    "Big Mac" has done more damage to his credibility by speaking out NOW than he would have by just staying quiet. There's an old saying that goes, better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark McGuire, JUST SHUT UP!!
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  • 1/13/2010 12:52 PM BlakMac wrote:
    McGuire isn't above the law of the Media, but he has a special pass that let's him escape a tough trial. He played by the rules and that kept him safe. Barry Bonds did it his way and didn't sugar coat how he felt for anyone. Now that I've got my defense of Barry out the way, the McGuire admission isn't anything surprising. The surprise is his ability to think he wasn't helped by the drugs. As this article said, the drugs help repair damage to the body from daily use. It amazes me he believes it. Lastly, I think he is to blame, but in a larger part MLB holds the power. Just like the NFL, they know it goes on. If it weren't for McGuire and Sosa, baseball might be in the tank. It all comes back to money in the end.
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  • 1/14/2010 10:18 AM d.harvey wrote:
    BlakMac, I love your case here. it makes a lot of sense and I can't dispute it. If it all comes down to money, then the league is to blame? They knew it was going on. How can you not know what this guy is doing and you spend the better part of 250 out of 365 days w/this guy. Between games, playoffs, and spring training, you see this guy more than his wife and kids. What now? Where do we go from here?
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    1. 1/14/2010 2:01 PM Lee wrote:
      You got to blame the league. They benefited from the high viewer ratings and increased revenues during those home run bonanza years. America's favorite past time would have crippled themselves at the peak of interest if they would have tightly governed the usage of banned substances. The risk of fan let down was too great during those years.
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  • 1/14/2010 3:36 PM d.harvey wrote:
    Lee,

    I pose the same question to you:What now? Where do we go from here?
    I need some sort of resolution that we can do. The Hall of Fame is waiting and the answers lie in your hands. You're now Bud Selig.
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