Fuck McGwire

I'm a long time Cardinals fan, and I never liked this piece of shit. Despite being a fan of the Cardinals, I did not support them when McGwire was going for the homerun record. I jumped ship for about 2 years to the Cubs (which I didn't even like really, in fact I hardly followed baseball at all during this shitty time).

So finally the fucker retires and I can go back to being a Cardinals fan. Of course when the whole steroid scandal broke out a few years ago, it was fucking obvious to anyone that he would be called up on Capitol Hill. Of course, Mr. Bedwetter denied the whole thing, which made him even look more like a douchebag, hell even before the steroid thing was huge, EVERYONE knew McGwire was taking them. Hell, almost every ballplayer besides Ken Griffey Jr. looks significantly more built over a ten year period than they did before. And I'm sure a few ballplayers got big the legit way, but guys like Bonds, McGwire and Giambi...give me a fucking break...they looked TINY in their starting years compared to how they looked later.

So now this fucknaut comes out and admits it. Well too fucking late asshole. Not only does it piss me off that he's back to work with the Cards, but he's decided to put himself in the news once again, for the sake of wanting to "come clean". No, you don't want to come clean...you just want the questions to die off now so that down the line, you have a plausible chance at making the HOF. I don't care how good anyone's stats are before they started using HGH or after, the fact remains they cheated in a time where these things were overlooked and despite not being illegal at the time, it still were secretive about it.

If these assholes are allowed into Cooperstown, I hope they dedicate an entire wing to the steroid abusers.

He did dude. He even made me hate Tony La Russa/Jim Jones with the way they acted liked friends. I don't know...something about McGwire always set me off. I used to think it was the ginger thing, but it's not that. I thought it might be the nickname "Big Red" which offended me because I liked both the cream soda and the bubble gum by the same name. Really, I don't know what it was, he just seemed like a fucking fraud from day one. Again, when I was a "Cubs fan", it really consisted of me watching the stats on Sportscenter, it's not like I went out and bought merchandise or anything, I just basically wanted Sosa to outdo McGwire. And by no means do I like Sosa.

And believe me, it pains me that I rooted for the Cubs during that time, because I've had this apathedic feeling towards them my entire life, like I don't care if they win, but I do enjoy watching them lose. Unlike the Red Sox, who I did kind of like before Manny, Big Papi and such, the Cubs felt like a cornered mouse and I was the cat who enjoyed toying with it. I remember just hitting the floor with absolute laughter when the fan caught the ball Alou was supposed to catch in 2003. And since I live in a mostly prodominent Cubs area, everyone seemed fucking bummed about it after it happened. Every year some smartfuck Cubs fan says "Next year man, next year we're going all the way."

And that's another thing that set me off, during the big homerun season, everyone jumped ship from the Cubs and became a Cardinals fan. And I can't really answer why I decided to do the opposite, since I usually stick with a team thick and thin, but fuckin' McGwire...man I just hate him. I can't explain it, even now...it pisses me off that the Cards have him back. I actually hope this backfires on him in some way and he's forced to step down, but I doubt it.

Agreed Scamrock, Royals have always been my second favorite team. When I lived in Oklahoma in 1992, we had a Triple A team called the 89er's (now the RedHawks) that my dad worked for. They usually brought in celebs every once in a while, and we got to meet George Brett one of these times. Nice guy, but coincidentally the "Pine Tar Incident" umpire Tim McClelland was working at this game, and Brett was still very standoffish to him.

Of course I got his autograph

Nah, I had a card.

Although I have several team signed bats...unfortunately I was in the lockeroom while they signed it. Nothing quite as troubling as being 7 years old and having your bat autographed by a fully naked shortstop.

Exactly.

Hell, even before Rose, I'd like to see Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver since there's SO much doubt that both were involved in the scandal, other than accepting the money.