So, your eyeballs weren't lying all that time: Mark McGwire has admitted that he indeed dosed himself with steroids throughout his playing career. In addition, a source close to McGwire also claims that the musclebound slugger took human growth hormone as well. Guess he wanted to touch all the bases! (ba-ching!) You can read Sports Illustrated's coverage of this release here.
I can't wait to see what Tony LaRussa has to say about all of this. First Jose Canseco came clean, now McGwire admits his cheating after years of brushing off the obvious truth. Where there's smoke, there's usually fire... Tony LaRussa seems to be constantly associated with performance enhancement. Be it Darryl Kile dying of a heart attack, or Rick Ankiel's conversion from pitcher who can't pitch to power hitter extraordinaire, or the exploits of the LaRussa-era Athletics... all of this makes me torn about Albert Pujols. He's an incredible player to watch, and he's an amazing batter, but my eyes tell me "more than human". Barry Bonds was an incredible batter before he ever touched "the cream" and "the clear". The use of PEDs only enhanced his greatness in the batters' box.
Some people say it doesn't matter much to the game that these guys are all doped up, but I have a hard time reconciling PEDs with baseball when these monsters ascend the record books and prop themselves up there with names like Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, and DiMaggio. With that said, I still want Albert Pujols at first base in a White Sox uniform come 2011. It's such a conflicting internal debate as a fan...
Other people will point to their eyes and say that Pujols' body hasn't changed since he's been in the majors. The response is easy: what if he was taking PEDs before he played a day in the majors?
On that note, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell the summer of 1998 to go and fuck itself. That is all.
So, who's next?
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