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Bashing this Brother

January 12, 2010

On January 11, 2010 retired baseball slugger Mark McGwire admitted to steroid use while an active player with Major League Baseball.  As a rookie with the Oakland Athletics, McGwire was named the American League Rookie of the Year and broke a league record of most home runs by a rookie with 49.   He came to fame as one of the “Bash Brothers” in the late 1980’s post season appearances.  In 1997 he was traded to the Saint Louis Cardinals.  It was in 1998 that McGwire and Sammy Sosa found themselves competing to break Roger Maris’ record of most home runs in a season.  The nation was captivated as each player tallied dinger after dinger with McGwire emerging as the victor with 70 home runs compared to Sosa’s 66 and Maris’ record of 61.  While McGwire’s home run record was broken in later seasons, he holds the distinction of the highest RBI-per-hit tally in all of baseball.  Alleged steroid use has been a cloud over McGwire, most notably when he was subpoenaed in 2005 before a Congressional Hearing.  When asked specific questions about steroid use, McGwire’s standard response was “I’m not here to talk about the past. . .”  These allegations have potentially affected his induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame.  McGwire became eligible in 2007, but has not received the needed level of votes for election.


Mark McGwire was a baseball hitting whiz
But now his steroid use is everyone’s biz
In testimony he held fast
Refusing to talk of the past
The question is, should those records still be his?