Comments on: Congress is not going to get involved in the McGwire business http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Burton Haynes http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22410 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:32:08 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22410 Oh my god you’ll not belief that. This silly dog actually farted on my knee!? I mean what is the problem with this!? I give food to this thing and I get this in return. I still can not belief that. After all, you have got quite a few interesting info there in your posting. I knew Yahoo could bring me to some fascinating stuff today :) . Alright should search this creature now! Have a nice day you all!

]]> By: coffee beans http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22409 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:02:40 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22409 You have a interesting posting. I liked reading it very much. Thanks keep up the great work.

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22408 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:31:50 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22408 Yeah, but this is going to last longer than Vietnam. And may be a bigger drag.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22407 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:30:47 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22407 Congress should never have gotten involved in this? Why not? They got involved in the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, didn’t they? And did they backtrack and correct that????

]]> By: Grant http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22406 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:28:52 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22406 We’re sure that his joint problems are from steroids? Lots of athletes have bad joints – it takes an unnatural amount of torque to throw a ball and swing a bat.

Even allowing for joint problems, steroids are still looking pretty good from Mac’s example…

]]> By: Shely http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22405 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:18:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22405 It wasn’t all good. he probably cut his career short with the joint destruction caused by the roids. He had trouble standing like Barry Bonds did, after years fo that stuff.

]]> By: Bear http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22404 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:44:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22404 According to this article :http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/01/11/mcgwire.congressman.ap/index.html?eref=sihp. Tom Davis met with McGwire for 3 hours before the hearings.
I believe that is what he was referring to when he said:”He looked ridiculous to most of the public, but he didn’t have many good options. We put him in a pretty tight spot. He was candid and honest in our interrogation of him.”
Would be interesting to hear what was said in this meeting. I can’t imagine a reason he wouldn’t have been granted immunity so he could tell the truth. Also, I would like someone to push the issue to the MLB again – regarding the FBI talking to them about steroid use in the game after they completed operation Equine. MLB has denied the received this info.

]]> By: Grant http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/12/congress-is-not-going-to-get-involved-in-the-mcgwire-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22403 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:42:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3286#comment-22403 “His statement sends an important message to kids about the importance of avoiding steroids.”

What message is that, exactly? I don’t particularly care about steroids, and I especially don’t care about “think of the children” arguments, but surely no one can suggest that the contours of Mark McGwire’s life offer anything other than a strong argument in favor of steroids. The man is a multimillionaire due to some more or less degree to his steroid use. The only negative consequence so far appears to be his not being in the Hall. And if you believe, as many seem to, that steroids allowed him to put up his ridiculous numbers anyway, then he wouldn’t be in the Hall discussion without them anyway.

Until Big Mac up and dies early from some steroid-related cancer or something, I really don’t see how you can say he represents anything but a steroid success story.

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