1.13.2010

Link Dump: The Late Night Variety

The sports blogosphere has been eating 'Big Mac' up over the last 36 hours. Every writer and blogger from east to west has an opinion and who can blame them. Big Mac was once an iconic figure across this great country, and especially here in the Lou. Hell, we actually named part of Highway I-70 after him. That's all in the past.

I've been in St. Louis all my life and the one thing that the people love here is baseball. We don't compare ourselves to Red Sox nation or to the evil empire known as the New York Yankees because we don't have to. St. Louis has been home to countless hall of famers and we have the second most world series championships(10) of all time. Baseball fans here are purist. It's part of the culture in this town. That's why McGwire's admission of steroid use burns so bad.

Although many want him crucified, I'm not personally upset with Mark because it was blatantly obvious that the man was on something. Even a blind man could have seen it. He looked more like a Mack truck than a baseball player during his last few years in Oakland and while he was a Cardinal, but nobody here cared because we had a huge homerun hitting star.

The one thing that I can say is that I'm happy that McGwire came out with this when he did. As our newly appointed hitting coach, it was better that he come clean prior to spring training in order to prevent the media circus that would have engulfed our team in Jupiter. If he hadn't done so, all the attention would have been focused on his past while the Cardinals prepared for the 2010 season.


I just wanted to say that before I dropped a few links.


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