Scratch another 'hero'

Posted at 2:04 PM on January 11, 2010 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)
Filed under: Sports

Scratch one more one-time hero.

Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire acknowledged today that he used steroids. He's evaded the question, including when it was posed to him a few years ago at a congressional hearing. So today's revelation is no great surprise.

"I wish I had never touched steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era," he said in a statement.

It was in 1998 when McGwire and Sammy Sosa, also linked to steroid use, both chased one of the most revered records in sports: Babe Ruth's (and Roger Maris') single-season home run record. At the time, the two were credited with "saving" baseball.

McGwire's 70 home runs that year was a record broken later by Barry Bonds, who has also been suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Comments (1)

If this were track and field (for instance), McGwire would be stripped of any medals, records, etc. and wiped off the books. Our own Mighty Rodents have a basketball season wiped off the books as well.

If Bonds were to ever admit his rumored/alleged steroid use, the Maris record should (IMHO) be reinstated. But I am not holding my breath.

Posted by John O. | January 12, 2010 6:51 AM

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