Mark McGwire Complete Re-Cap

Written by athooks

Monday, 11 January 2010 22:01

Mark McGwire came clean and admitted he used steroids for a good portion of his career. Who was more relieved, TLR or Big Mac's suddenly substantial neck waddle. Seriously, if you live on a farm, do not click on any of the links below marked VIDEO- you're chickens might get crazy with jealousy. I don't know if the new steroid PSA shouldn't just be a closeup of that loose skin...

Bob Costas had the most in-depth interview of the night and did a nice job of asking some pointed questions without getting too preechy. It's honestly uncomfortable asking a guy 5 times your size about needles n' horseplay in a bathroom stall without feeling a twinge of fear. Well done Bob. Well done

Since the first round up of Matt Holliday Links was such a smashing success, let's take a trip around the internet and see just how people are reacting to the big news of the day.

We will add more links as they come in over the course of tonight and tomorrow, but if you've got a suggestion we've missed, feel free to use the 'Contact' button at the top of this page to e-mail it to us or just post in the comment section.

Let's waste the day, friends:

Mark McGwire on when he used steroids (VIDEO) LINK HERE

MM on his congressional testimony in 2005 (VIDEO) LINK HERE

MM on Jose Canseco and his 'Juiced' allegations (VIDEO) LINK HERE

Bleacher Report article on why you shouldn't care that Big Mac juiced. LINK HERE

Bernie interviews Mark McGwire for his blog on STLToday. LINK HERE

Richard Justice is in McGwire's corner. Big time. LINK HERE

Amazing wrestling video that is very, very timely now. (HT JB) LINK HERE

Tony LaRussa is interviewed on ESPN (VIDEO) LINK HERE

Cam Inman gives us the view from the Bay Area. LINK HERE

Tyler Kepner of the NY Times with a sobering look at how this effects MLB. LINK HERE

The Daily News chirps in with the "All-Enhanced Team" LINK HERE

Peter Gammons on MM's Hall of Fame chances. LINK HERE

Brian Williams of NBC News slams Mark McGwire on the evening news. LINK HERE

Ryne Gery implores us to think about the fans. LINK HERE

Scott Miller of CBS Sports tells us that history will be the gauge of MM. LINK HERE

Tom Verducci of SI let's us know that MM feels better now. LINK HERE

Sports Pickle: "Steriods Gave me the Strength to Apologize". LINK HERE

Tim Brown of Yahoo! claims Big Mac WAS the steriod era. LINK HERE

Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports buries MM's HOF chances. LINK HERE

... New stories that have surfaced:

A tearful deconstruction of the apology over @ Big League Stew LINK HERE

Bernie again taking critics of MM's apology to task. LINK HERE

B.J. Rains with the fans recations to the MM admission. LINK HERE

Tim McKernan on InsideSTL with his take on MM LINK HERE

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Williams
written by Z, January 11, 2010

Have been a big fan of Brian Williams since he took over the evening news for NBC, especially with all the cameos on The Daily Show. That said, I wanted to smash the monitor as I watched him get in a few cheap shots on Ol' Wrinkled Neck.

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written by HMW, January 12, 2010

kudos to bobby c for getting all those questions lined up on the flight out to CA, while refreshing his hair with a couple boxes of just for men, touch of gray.

my favorite part of the post interview segments on MLBN were the home run highlights. did anyone else notice how many groove balls mcgwire got during the '98 season? every ball other than #62 were either right down the middle, or just hanging curves asking to be demolished. i fully acknowledge mac's steroid beefiness as helping him crush a lot of balls 500 feet, but don't underestimate how god-awful pitching was in 1998.

as for the rasslin' video, i was actually at that monday nitro show. even made it on the screen after diamond dallas page did an interview right behind us in section 800 or so at the dome. proud moment of my career.