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- busterbros, on 10/25/2009, -7/+85He could double as team pharmacist.
- SooperSonic, on 10/25/2009, -5/+47Mark's sure to inject some excitement into the St. Louis lineup. Bet Cardinals players are pumped!
- athinnes, on 10/26/2009, -1/+27Can anyone see the absurdity in McGwire giving batting tips to Pujols?
- getsome2k, on 10/25/2009, -6/+29"What you want to do is set your feet apart and really dig into a stance... ohh ***** it, just takes these pills and swing away."
- Winkleman, on 10/25/2009, -1/+20I like the idea of this. What's the point of steroids, if you don't know how to swing the bat.
- chicagojack, on 10/26/2009, -7/+18Step #1: Work on your batting stance
Step #2: Focus on the ball
Step #3: Juice
Step #4 repeat step #3 - Elset, on 10/26/2009, -0/+10"Do you want to hear the truth, or do you want to see me sock a few dingers?"
- inactive, on 10/26/2009, -5/+13"The problem with your swing is your not using enough steroids."
- falstaff, on 10/26/2009, -1/+8McGwire: See, what you want to be doing is hitting dingers.
McGwire: When you go up there, first pitch, you're looking dead red so you can hit a dinger.
McGwire: Sometimes you're gonna miss. That's okay. Stick to your guns. There's no more efficient way of scoring than hitting a dinger. That's what we want to be doing.
McGwire: The pitcher might pick up on your strategy. Don't worry about it. He's more afraid of you than you are of him.
McGwire: If he throws you something offspeed, like a curveball, don't be fooled. Just hit it for a dinger.
McGwire: Walks are good too. If the pitcher tries to get you to chase something out of the zone, don't swing at it.
McGwire: You only want to swing at strikes. Take balls. Hit strikes for dingers.
McGwire: Now let's break up and practice. Group A, get in there. I want to see you guys hitting dingers. Group B, practice your dinger swings.
McGwire: Who's first in Group A? Skip? Get in there, Skip.
McGwire: Let's see some dingers!
Schumaker:
Schumaker: Coach, I don't
McGwire: What're you doing over there?
McGwire: You're standing on the wrong side of the plate. Bat righty.
McGwire: You hit dingers batting righty.
Courtesy of Jeff Sullivan@Lookout Landing - inactive, on 10/25/2009, -7/+13Isn't that like making a former junky, the next "Drug Czar"?
- UselessTrivia, on 10/26/2009, -1/+6Exactly. They might help you hit it harder, but you still had to be able to hit it in the first place.
- thecat3290, on 10/26/2009, -0/+5Step #5: HULK SMASH?
- kplo, on 10/26/2009, -3/+7Let's hope they never plan on hitting to the opposite field.
- thezoner, on 10/25/2009, -12/+16McGwire should be banned for his teary-eyed pleading the 5th before congress. Man up.
- aosmitty, on 10/26/2009, -1/+5The controversy is as much about McGwire's tearful, how-dare-you-accuse-me denials in front of Congress as it is about MLB's refusal to admit to a steroid problem and the player union's ability to fend off anything close to a drug testing program for years.
Oh yeah, McGuire admitted to using androstenedione while it was still legal in MLB. Congress designated it an anabolic steroid in 2004. It's just another shining example of MLB's (lack of) drug policy during what is already being referred to as the steroid era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McGwire#Steroids ... - Heidenreich12, on 10/26/2009, -3/+7The crap he took wasn't illegal when he took it. So i don't understand what the big deal is with all these drug jokes.
- j1mmycc, on 10/26/2009, -0/+3No doubt - they're juiced for him!
- blackcloud333, on 10/26/2009, -0/+3In his defense, he might have been suffering from steroid withdrawal.
- Hardataq, on 10/26/2009, -1/+3Steroid joke.
- Chunken, on 10/26/2009, -0/+2Good to see Mac back in baseball. I don't care what anyone has to say about him.
- SirFoxx, on 10/26/2009, -3/+5Ex-*****-Actly
- JQP123, on 10/26/2009, -3/+5St. Louis is a great baseball town ---- which is why they should re-think this. The focus should be on the game and the future instead of questions about the past.
- Chunken, on 10/26/2009, -0/+2Huh? He didn't have any how-dare-you-accuse-me denials. That was Rafael "how dare you accuse me even though I can't pass a drug test" Palmiero. McGwire said "I'm not here to talk about the past." He didn't deny the accusations at all, he just refused to talk about it. And he had good reason, Congress pretty much said we're going to ask you if you used steroids, if you admit it we might throw you in jail, or maybe not, and we might throw you in jail if you lie. Mark McGwire was the ONLY player who legally protected himself by not admitting using steroids and not lieing about it.
- garyi113, on 10/26/2009, -3/+5Hank & Roger - still the kings of the HR.
- NightEmber79, on 10/26/2009, -0/+2Step #7: ???????????
Step#8: PROFIT!!! - boardthis, on 10/26/2009, -0/+2sounds like larussa has been worried about mcgwire living in confinement so this is the shot for one of his favorite players to come back into the public eye again. now it is up to mcgwire to admit what he did so he has some decent shot of getting into the HOF.
- enozten, on 10/26/2009, -1/+3so the sole reason this is on the frontpage is so that all of you could make steroid jokes right?
- Jhorra, on 10/26/2009, -1/+3Step 1: Steroids
Step 2: ? ? ?
Step 3: Profit - meschmie, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1Dingers! Dingers! Dingers!
- Henry, on 10/26/2009, -6/+7Step 1: Take drugs.
Haha I'm the first one to make a steroids joke! Good one Henry! - tyne101101, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1BALCO's team pharmacist if you will.
- Ghetro, on 10/26/2009, -2/+3Expect to hear a lot of "I'm here to focus on the future"...
- boardthis, on 10/26/2009, -1/+2this is a huge story on the sport world. mcgwire has been pretty much living in confinement in a gated community ever since the congressional hearings.
- Gregus1032, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1The other players see Pujols every game he plays. Before he goes to plate he can turn to the bench and say "watch what I do"
- supersickie, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1Seems more like what Mark Reynolds would sound like as a hitting coach, honestly.
- brickwall99, on 10/26/2009, -1/+2[Mark McGwire]: "Ok, so what you'll want to do is... <reaches in bag> inject this in your ass every day.
- apackofmonkeys, on 10/26/2009, -4/+5The substance he took was not banned at the time he took it. Why is that wrong?
- slowreader, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1Chicks dig the long ball.
- UselessTrivia, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1If there was no value to having a hitting coach because the players are all already perfect batters do you really think the owners would pay for one?
- twoblueday, on 10/26/2009, -1/+2So, maybe some clever coaching quips. Hmm . . . "Take a hit and get on with it." No, that blows.
I have no idea whether Mr. McGwire used performance-enhancing drugs, and I don't care. My view is that all drugs should be legal.
As for "juiced" players making old records (statistics) less meaningful, I don't care. Baseball, and most sports, are over obsessed with stats. - bash1979, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1DOH...a stupid period got appended to the URL. My bad.
Trying again without punctuation:
http://umpbump.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2006/0 ... - ludditte, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1Mark McGwire(d)= *
- firstyear7d, on 10/26/2009, -5/+5Maybe someday he could make the Hall of Fame as a coach. He's not getting in as a player.
- TheMarenum, on 10/26/2009, -1/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPg1uL1ZGQ
- ldsan, on 10/26/2009, -1/+1step #6: conseco wife in the face, get sued, lose half your fortune
sounds kinda like a chance card to me - Elset, on 10/26/2009, -0/+0Pretty much replace McGwire with anyone, and it still doesn't seem right. But, someone's gotta do it. There are other players as well.
- KirbyMorph, on 10/26/2009, -1/+1You don't get in the major leagues without knowing howt o swing the bat. Or take 2 pills daily.
- Markb3489, on 10/27/2009, -1/+1Bet they're gonna be taking steroids, if ya know what i mean.
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