This is my first post in many, many months and a lot has happen since that last post, but I need to post about the events of earlier today. Former baseball star, Mark McGwire confessed to using steroids while playing the game. Specifically he mentioned in publicly released statement that he used during the 1998 season.
That season was the Home Run Race season, that pitted then St. Louis Cardinals First Baseman Mark McGwire against Chicago Cubs player Sammy Sosa to break Roger Maris' Single season Home Run record of 61 home runs which had been standing since 1961. McGwire would break the record on 8 SEPT 1998 at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis. Many fans, who had become disillusioned after the 1994 baseball strike, returned to baseball because of this race. It was a monumental moment for baseball and St. Louis.
And now nearly 12 years later he confesses to using steroids. Even though for years there was speculation that he had been using while he played it was never proven. When I first heard about and read his confession I had a knee-jerk reaction, feeling he should be fired from his hitting coach job with the Cardinals for his past sins. However after reading the Cardinals statement about the situation and the passage of a few hours, I felt he, like everyone, should be given a second chance. I feel many people, many Cardinals fans, will forgive him yet many won't. Will I forgive? In time, maybe. We will see. "Live Long and Prosper".
