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
I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.
The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.
You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.
Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach.
I have had to tell my son, my parents, my friends that I used steroids. It's been very hard. It's been very difficult.
I'd be here all of time. I just don't live here.
My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family and myself,
Somebody gets into September with fifty, they have a shot down the stretch to either tie, break or get close to the record.
Like I said. I'm not going to talk about the past,
I think it's outstanding and I'm ecstatic they invited me,
My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
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.
Wouldn't it be great if we just ended up tied? I think it would be beautiful.