Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire
Mark David "Big Mac" McGwire, is an American former professional baseball player and currently a bench coach in Major League Baseball. As a first baseman, his MLB career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He quickly grabbed media attention in 1987 as a rookie with the Athletics by hitting 33 home runs before the All-Star break, and would lead the major leagues in home runs that year with 49, setting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth1 October 1963
CityPomona, CA
CountryUnited States of America
My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.
The only team that could have competed with us was the Cubans. It's too bad they're boycotting. The teams we're playing just can't compete with our power.
I had good years when I took steroids, and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it, and for that, I'm truly sorry.
Wouldn't it be great if we just ended up tied? I think it would be beautiful.
Rod was a very meaningful person in my life, instrumental in my becoming the player that I was and the person that I am. I loved him a lot.
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
I think it's outstanding and I'm ecstatic they invited me,
It's going to be a great weekend, a lot of memories. My four years and the four years in the city.
I'm ecstatic they even thought about me taking the number down and being here for the weekend, ... It's going to be outstanding. How can it not be with all of the history here and how the fans are going to be treated to a fantastic new stadium next year?
I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.
That statement comes from the heart and that's the way it is,
Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach.
You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.
This is a season I will never forget and I hope everybody in baseball never forgets.