Mark McGwire and the Media

It hasn't even been a full day yet, and the media is already totally blowing Mark McGuire's recent admissions way out of proportion!

Mark McGwire is one of the greatest hitters of all-time.

Yeah, he may have used some drugs that weren't banned from the game in most of the years he played. Yeah the substances that the docs recommended to him to help him heal his injuries just happened to manifest themselves in subsequent years as BAD STUFF.

There is no doubt in my mind that the following fact is completely true:

Most of these guys who were dabbling in stuff their doctors recommended for good health, healing, muscle growth (is it a crime to help your muscles grow?), had no idea that their actions in any way deviated from the popular public opinion at that time. Is this a banned substance? No it's not. I'll always be able to purchase something to do the things that my body needs right now.

Is there ever going to be a "fine line" in Major League Baseball?

Why hasn't the steroid issue been such a HUGE deal in anything except for MLB?

How does this affect his ______?

How does this affect MLB?




All I care about is that this guy gets SOME of the kudos he deserves. There happened to be an era in the big leagues in which a lot of guys used the newest technology in medicine - to help them heal, to help them rehab, to help their stamina, to help their muscle growth.

Is this safe? Yeah.. Is it legal? Yeah.. All I want to do is be the best player I can be!