Mc-Juiced

Mark McGwire finally came out and admitted to steroid use today, 5 years after his day in Congress saying how he would only talk about the future, not the past. I buy everything that he said in his 20 minute talk with the AP. I, along with numerous other baseball fans I imagine, have instantly forgiven Big Mac because he was just a product of the environment. We the fans and baseball itself needed his historic summer with Sammy Sosa to finish the rebirth that Cal Ripken Jr. had started with his streak. It healed the wound that was left by the 1994 strike and made baseball relevant again. Now, as we look back, we can say that we should have known and it was deplorable, etc. But really, I do not blame him, will not hold it against him or any other player that comes clean and forgive him. The only thing I would ask is that the * be put by his numbers during the time he used, as should happen with the other admitted uses (and those who will eventually be found to use them, Bonds and Clemens). So, thank you for coming clean, Mark. And welcome back to baseball.