The minute the news that Mark McGwire admitted steroid use during his historic home run chase in 1998 hit the ESPN ticker, I knew columnists would have a field day with the former single-season home run king.
Guys like Jay Mariotti, who hates everyone, including his own children, at long last could rip the guy who never wanted to 'talk about past.' Sure, that's their prerogative, but McGwire's revelation doesn't inspire me to take him down a notch. Why? Because he's not the first to divulge and he won't be the last. To be honest, I think he sounds rather sincere as he takes on the media through interviews. It's obvious that everyone has it out for him, asking very insinuating questions, and he's facing it head one.
That being said, baseball as a whole is a joke. This is a bad situation and it's only going to get worse. Just wait. Eventually, Barry Bonds will either come clean or be proven guilty, and the same can be said for Clemens. That's eight MVP awards and seven Cy Youngs combined. What about the single-season home run record that Bonds owns? How about the all-time home run record? What is baseball going to do?
And these are only the big names, players who changed the game. Jose Canseco estimated that 80 percent of players were on PEDs during his time in the league. If that's anywhere near the truth, that's staggering. Makes me wonder what I could have done had I been poking myself with a needle.
Baseball is a mess, and it'll take a long, long time to be completely fixed. And, truth be told, I'm not 100 percent sure it can be.
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