I commend Pat for talking about baseball even when he doesn’t like it. He could just not talk about it like most of the sports shows do but he realizes he might have an audience for it so he goes with it. Cool guy
Pat might be the best personality to have come out of pro sports in the last two decades. The guy deserves to have a wider audience if he wants it... can you imagine him color commentating a Super Bowl?
@Zah Hall i mean as a game it's interesting... a great catch or brilliant base running decision is as exciting to watch as any athletic play in any sport. The biggest problem with it is all the time wasted in between those moments. Don't get me wrong I find the battle between pitchers and batters fascinating from a television perspective... but then again Im someone who actually enjoys chess so I'm fully aware of why people find it to be dull.
I rarely comment on youtube but here we go.. Him mentioning baseball and all the other different sports he does is one reason this is one of the few sports shows I watch pretty much on a daily basis. I'm a baseball fan and know its not gonna be a baseball show. But I still get updates on baseball news and get to hear an interesting perspective on it. I'm also from Pittsburgh so i can relate 100% with his frustration with the Pirates, and them being a reason it's difficult becoming a baseball fan in Pittsburgh because of the team.
@@randompowercord5713 and after they started testing he was injury prone got traded and never hit over 25 home runs again things that make you go hmmmm
Facts. That season he killed it. Still had over 1000 yds. On just over 60 receptions i believe. The following season he averaged over 20 yds per catch. Simply unstoppable
I think it really depends on the sport and the people covering that sport. The media basically makes up the stories it wants, and makes anyone a hero or a villain
No one cared that OJ simpson had 2k yards in a shortened 14 game season. Extrapolating his aav ypg (148) he would hold the record at 2300 yards in a season. Thats why this 17 game proposal sucks. Its again going to shift all the records in favor of new players.
If you're interested in learning more about McGwire and Canseco's time in Oakland, check out the super, super accurate retelling of of their time there called "The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience."
I’d rather have those guys that hit moonshots then guys who know what pitches are coming. They still had Sosa and McGuire still had to guess which pitch is coming and where.
I agree...and for anyone who thinks (steriods) were the #1 reason why balls were getting hit out of ball-parks the way they were back in those auspicious years, one only needs to do some basic research and find that even w/out *roids* , unexplained changes in performance are the norm, not the exception. Writer Nate Silver, who wrote the book *Baseball Between the Numbers* ~ noted that 36 of the 76 pro players suspended for PEDs in 2005-the first year that MLB players were subject to suspensions, and also the year that minor league violators’ names were publicly disclosed-were pitchers, and he tentatively concluded that among hitters, “the average performance improvement from steroid use is detectable but small."
Nope. He always stayed skinny. One of the prettiest, if not prettiest swings ever. Him and my favorite player Barry Bonds just had that seeet swing one can only dream of.
Totally help baseball after the 94-95 strike, attendance was horrible except for the major teams Mostly everyone was on the juice. Just like the US to basking in the glory at the time then shame them 15 years later lol
i remember as a kid watching mcgwire hitting 62. it was a tuesday night, the game was on fox and they only had playoff games on weekdays. and i think they were playing the cubs ironically. his first at bat, hit to left field, barely went over the wall. i started watching baseball during the steroid era, and even tho it is not looked at very fondly, the sport was awesome.
I remember that day, he broke Roger Maris record. It was electric and amazing. Roger got one extra game, and Roger broke the Babes record in the last game. Roger has a few World Series rings.
Was at the 69-70 home run game, it was my birthday weekend, born and raised cardinals fan, GREATEST SPORTING EXPERIENCE IVE EVER BEEN A PART OF!! Still have my ticket stub, leaving old Busch Stadium that day, people were trying to buy our stubs because they knew it was history.
This is why I 100% support those guys and they should all be in the HoF. When I was a kid I remember how exciting baseball was with all the homeruns and all those stories it was awesome that's why I always miss that baseball.
I mean the drugs saved baseball as we know it. Barry Bonds just the same as everyone else in that aspect she he is a jerk and a peace of work in that field but still the best play of that era hands down
MLB was dead in the water after the 1994 strike. Mark McGwire gave it life in the ‘97 season when he got close to Maris. Then, in ‘98, he and Sammy Sosa saved baseball and sent it into the stratosphere!
The reason I love this show, is because they talk about all sports even if they may not be a fan of a certain one. Best sports talk show on UA-cam. Hands down.
Michael Odom he was on GOAT trajectory prior to 97' His piss poor attitude is the reason he's often overlooked. I only own one sports jersey and it's #25
....welcome to Our national past time Pat......would also recommend watching Ken Burns 9-part documentary "Baseball" for more lesson's in history of our favorite past time!
In Cincinnati during the 1990 World Series, whenever McGwire or Canseco would come to bat, loud repetitive chants of "STERRRR-OOOOIDSS" can be heard. They knew then.
I remember going to a game in Arizona. We were in the third deck. When Mark came to the plate he looked like a giant compared to everyone else. No one needed the jumbotron to tell who was at the plate.
I get that these two essentially saved baseball and provided a “feel good” moment that transcended sports. But, for a statistic-driven sport like baseball where numbers are so important when judging a player’s performance, it’s hard to judge one player’s numbers who uses PED’s vs. players that didn’t. Especially those who played in the non-steroid era. I understand why they probably won’t ever be in the HOF. I’m a huge McWire fan too, as a St. Louisan who saw him hit BP up close a few times. It was an jaw-dropping event the first time. I was totally in awe.
I've said this for years, but now seems like a great time to propose it again. So, here's how to fix the MLB. You keep two leagues, NL and AL. But NL is Natural League, and AL is Artificial League. All NL players are forbidden from taking PEDs, with frequent mandatory testing, et cetera. All AL players are REQUIRED TO take PEDs. Tell me that wouldn't be awesome!!! 🤣
I loved this episode. Man sports was just better back then with out all this stuff. In fact the country was amazing back then and we didn't have this civil unrest. I miss those days.
SB Nation has an incredible 6 part documentary on the Seattle Mariners and in it it addresses this whole thing from Ken Griffey’s perspective. Super interesting and I would recommend checking it out
I think you missed the point of the 30 for 30. It was supposed to put people in the moment and show them how important this was for baseball. It’s easy to write it off as “oh they were all roid freaks” but it showed people what it was at the time and how it reinvigorated baseball.
Denis Tuohy Yes but as a documentary, it’s their duty to talk about how these guys were able to do that, and how significant of a role it played too. Instead, they just mentioned it in passing
Last game of the season in 2004, Sammy walked out of the stadium and left while the game was still in progress. Despite security cameras clearly showing this, he denies that he did so. That is likely the biggest sticking point between Sammy and the Cubs organization.
I’d rather have the biggest, baddest guys on steroids hitting 600 foot bombs than having a 5’8” guy hitting home runs that barely clear the fence with the juiced balls that MLB is now supplying.
The biggest thing with steroids to me is sure it gave them power for the home runs, but you still have to hit the ball. Doesn't matter how big you are if you can't hit a curveballor time a fastball you won't hit. Bonds was a great hitter.
Say what you want...I loved watching Big Mac as a kid. Even more so than Bonds, you new exactly what was happening when he came up. Most people don't realize he's the all time leader in HRs per AB. Just didn't have a lot of ABs compared to most other guys with over 500 dingers.
I mean he did break the record to be fair, and all the pressure was on McGuire. Back in ‘98 not many people were talking about Sosa. So it makes sense that most of it was about McGuire
If you found McGwire’s inner thought process at the plate was impressive look up an interview with Miguel Cabrera. He can remember what a pitcher threw to him 3 years prior in an at bat.
STL has “Big Mac Land” where he used to hit upper deckers and now everyone in the section gets a free Big Mac if someone hits the ball there. Barely happens anymore, especially since Albert left
That was an amazing time for Baseball. I was a fan as a kid all through it. Also steroids don't cause guys to hit more Home Runs, how do you know this? Because a few years ago, across the MLB, a record number of Home Runs were hit
@@richardeberhart451 Really? A 100 or more? Sounded like some made-up bs so I did some thorough research on the web. It turns out only 7 MLB players have been caught using a corked bat, and Sosa was the latest.
Me too I remember when he came to chase field in Arizona in 1998 we watched his bp practice and he hit a hr so far it shattered and broke the sign on the front row grill restaurant that was like 5 stories up in the outfield, nobody had ever seen a diamondback let alone any other player hit it there before it was nuts.........
Man, I'd forgotten that McGwire got to feast on terrible Marlins and Expos pitching toward the end of the season. And for him to say that "Sammy didn't have any pressure on him" is just a clown comment. Sosa was literally winning the MVP award while leading a historically moribund franchise that was mourning the loss of it's most beloved figure to the playoffs. McGwire didn't come off in a good light, at least, he didn't to me.
Imagine if you held a bunch of NFL punting records, all the big ones. Imagine if after you retired some new punters came along and are all of a sudden all blasting all your records to bits. Imagine if we then found out that those new punters had some new kind of "juice" they were taking that the NFL rules hadn't caught up with yet. Would you be as dismissive of that as you are for McGwire?
I commend Pat for talking about baseball even when he doesn’t like it. He could just not talk about it like most of the sports shows do but he realizes he might have an audience for it so he goes with it. Cool guy
What else is he going to talk about
Pat might be the best personality to have come out of pro sports in the last two decades. The guy deserves to have a wider audience if he wants it... can you imagine him color commentating a Super Bowl?
@Zah Hall i mean as a game it's interesting... a great catch or brilliant base running decision is as exciting to watch as any athletic play in any sport.
The biggest problem with it is all the time wasted in between those moments.
Don't get me wrong I find the battle between pitchers and batters fascinating from a television perspective... but then again Im someone who actually enjoys chess so I'm fully aware of why people find it to be dull.
I rarely comment on youtube but here we go.. Him mentioning baseball and all the other different sports he does is one reason this is one of the few sports shows I watch pretty much on a daily basis. I'm a baseball fan and know its not gonna be a baseball show. But I still get updates on baseball news and get to hear an interesting perspective on it. I'm also from Pittsburgh so i can relate 100% with his frustration with the Pirates, and them being a reason it's difficult becoming a baseball fan in Pittsburgh because of the team.
lmao true. i also don't enjoy baseball anymore, but enjoy hearing pat talk about it
Ken Griffey Jr is forgotten in that season & he was the only one clean lol
Nobody was clean in that era
Paul Collins no, Griffey was just that good, but he couldn’t get anywhere near the guys that were juicing
And frank thomas
@@randompowercord5713 and after they started testing he was injury prone got traded and never hit over 25 home runs again things that make you go hmmmm
@@seancarney1663 and he makes a living off of making commercials about testosterone so go figure
McGwire also hit 49 Homeruns as a rookie way before he looked like a giant
yup he was born to hit homers
Exactly, then he cheated.
1987 was a crazy year for home runs too.
@@marcuscook7419 🙄
Jerry Rice caught 22 TDs in a shortened season, 12 games.
No one seemed to care when Moss broke it in his 16th game.
Facts. That season he killed it. Still had over 1000 yds. On just over 60 receptions i believe. The following season he averaged over 20 yds per catch. Simply unstoppable
I think it really depends on the sport and the people covering that sport. The media basically makes up the stories it wants, and makes anyone a hero or a villain
No one cared that OJ simpson had 2k yards in a shortened 14 game season. Extrapolating his aav ypg (148) he would hold the record at 2300 yards in a season. Thats why this 17 game proposal sucks. Its again going to shift all the records in favor of new players.
Baseball holds those numbers in such higher regard
If you're interested in learning more about McGwire and Canseco's time in Oakland, check out the super, super accurate retelling of of their time there called "The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience."
Is that the one by the Lonely Island? 😂
Ha ha
This whole time I thought bash brothers was just a mighty ducks 2 thing
I am always taking my "vitamins" when watching the Pat McAfee show.
I’d rather have those guys that hit moonshots then guys who know what pitches are coming. They still had Sosa and McGuire still had to guess which pitch is coming and where.
I agree...and for anyone who thinks (steriods) were the #1 reason why balls were getting hit out of ball-parks the way they were back in those auspicious years, one only needs to do some basic research and find that even w/out *roids* , unexplained changes in performance are the norm, not the exception.
Writer Nate Silver, who wrote the book *Baseball Between the Numbers* ~ noted that 36 of the 76 pro players suspended for PEDs in 2005-the first year that MLB players were subject to suspensions, and also the year that minor league violators’ names were publicly disclosed-were pitchers, and he tentatively concluded that among hitters, “the average performance improvement from steroid use is detectable but small."
@@itzanopinion exactly! Even juiced-up pitchers gave up hits just like juiced-up hitters still struck out
Griffey hit 56!!
Griffey was on pace for 62 during the strike shortened year :(
Clean too!
@@MedScratchyeah and Matt Williams had 43 that year.
I don't think Jr ever used. I could be wrong, but in my heart he never did.
never - imagine if he did . I can’t even fathom . that’s why he’s the greatest .
@@samzCook Thats why I cant forgive mvgwire and im a St. Louis fan. Griffey got robbed by steroids.
Nope. He always stayed skinny. One of the prettiest, if not prettiest swings ever. Him and my favorite player Barry Bonds just had that seeet swing one can only dream of.
We don’t know for sure I don’t think he did but we don’t know
They saved Baseball & should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame ⚾
It's too bad Griffey played all those years on a parking lot with outdoor carpeting on it. He may not have been as injury prone later in his career.
It's too bad he even wasted most of his career with Seattle
Tf are you talking about dummy
Lmao he referenced Barry McCockiner. And scene!
Love to see it scene
"Yo".
10:25
The MLB owes their life to Sosa and McGwire. Baseball was dead, because of the strike. They brought life back to the game and the hobby.💯💯
Oh heavens no!! They are big mean cheaters!! All 12 of us who has a problem should go to the record books and erase them NOW!!!
It was a cool rivalry but bonds broke the record and had millions watching.nothing can compare to that season
yep baseball benefited from the steroid era then buried everyone involved. shameless
Totally help baseball after the 94-95 strike, attendance was horrible except for the major teams
Mostly everyone was on the juice. Just like the US to basking in the glory at the time then shame them 15 years later lol
It’s so weird to hear that Pat is this young and doesn’t remember this stuff. I feel super old. Haha
Yeah I though he was a little older. I’m 28 and was 7 in 98’. So pats only 30 since he was 9 in 98’. Pretty cool
Ken Griffey was a better all around baseball player then sammy Sosa and he didnt cork his bats
True story
And it wasn't close
Lol, you’re not wrong.
I agree. Ken Griffey could have been the greatest all around baseball player of all time if he never got hurt in Cincinnati.
He was better than Sammy and Mark combined.
"Vitamins" !!!!!
"McCockinered" Barry needs to get on the show
When he said, "it was cool to learn about that", it made me feel old.
We need more people like P. Makes us all laugh even during these troubled and trying times. Thank you P!
i remember as a kid watching mcgwire hitting 62. it was a tuesday night, the game was on fox and they only had playoff games on weekdays. and i think they were playing the cubs ironically. his first at bat, hit to left field, barely went over the wall. i started watching baseball during the steroid era, and even tho it is not looked at very fondly, the sport was awesome.
I remember that day, he broke Roger Maris record. It was electric and amazing. Roger got one extra game, and Roger broke the Babes record in the last game. Roger has a few World Series rings.
Was at the 69-70 home run game, it was my birthday weekend, born and raised cardinals fan, GREATEST SPORTING EXPERIENCE IVE EVER BEEN A PART OF!! Still have my ticket stub, leaving old Busch Stadium that day, people were trying to buy our stubs because they knew it was history.
This is why I 100% support those guys and they should all be in the HoF. When I was a kid I remember how exciting baseball was with all the homeruns and all those stories it was awesome that's why I always miss that baseball.
Sammy Sosa's face needs its own documentary.
Omg
Whiter than Michael Jackson....
"Clear the Mechanism" Billy Chapel in For Love of the Game.
Barry bonds still the greatest player I have ever seen in my life he was hall of fame before the juice
and after juice, he went super saiyan.....but I agree roids don't make you the smartest hitter of all time
I mean the drugs saved baseball as we know it. Barry Bonds just the same as everyone else in that aspect she he is a jerk and a peace of work in that field but still the best play of that era hands down
I would have taken Seattle Griffey over anyone. He could have been the MJ of baseball. A complete player.
MLB was dead in the water after the 1994 strike. Mark McGwire gave it life in the ‘97 season when he got close to Maris. Then, in ‘98, he and Sammy Sosa saved baseball and sent it into the stratosphere!
Pat is so good at talking. Great story teller almost like he’s having a conversation with himself
The reason I love this show, is because they talk about all sports even if they may not be a fan of a certain one. Best sports talk show on UA-cam. Hands down.
I was there for I think 67. I was 7 and it was at the old Busch Stadium.
I’ve really enjoyed this shows perspective on the variety of topics it covers. Thanks Pat!
I agree with so much of what Pat says. This documentary did not give us enough new information. There is so much more they could have delved into.
Analysts say if Griffey jr took steroids he would have smashed 80+ in a season and 900 career.
Sucks that he never got a WS ring. But at least he's in Cooperstown
That ballpark in Seattle Kingdome was a launching pad. Shocked he never smashed 70 with that beautiful swing
4 AM taking my vitamins!
Yup 98 was prime time moonshots. I loved baseball.. Loved as in past tense.
ABSOLUTE, GREAT COMMENTS PAT
Just noticed the picture of the GOAT about the sign. Nice.
Bonds was way better than Sosa or McGwire even before the sauce.
Facts!
And Junior was better than all 3
Michael Odom he was on GOAT trajectory prior to 97' His piss poor attitude is the reason he's often overlooked. I only own one sports jersey and it's #25
....welcome to Our national past time Pat......would also recommend watching Ken Burns 9-part documentary "Baseball" for more lesson's in history of our favorite past time!
In Cincinnati during the 1990 World Series, whenever McGwire or Canseco would come to bat, loud repetitive chants of "STERRRR-OOOOIDSS" can be heard. They knew then.
Ruth and Mantle were the best. No steroids. Just hard partying and God given abilities
I remember going to a game in Arizona. We were in the third deck. When Mark came to the plate he looked like a giant compared to everyone else. No one needed the jumbotron to tell who was at the plate.
I get that these two essentially saved baseball and provided a “feel good” moment that transcended sports. But, for a statistic-driven sport like baseball where numbers are so important when judging a player’s performance, it’s hard to judge one player’s numbers who uses PED’s vs. players that didn’t. Especially those who played in the non-steroid era. I understand why they probably won’t ever be in the HOF. I’m a huge McWire fan too, as a St. Louisan who saw him hit BP up close a few times. It was an jaw-dropping event the first time. I was totally in awe.
I've said this for years, but now seems like a great time to propose it again. So, here's how to fix the MLB.
You keep two leagues, NL and AL. But NL is Natural League, and AL is Artificial League. All NL players are forbidden from taking PEDs, with frequent mandatory testing, et cetera. All AL players are REQUIRED TO take PEDs. Tell me that wouldn't be awesome!!! 🤣
I loved this episode. Man sports was just better back then with out all this stuff. In fact the country was amazing back then and we didn't have this civil unrest. I miss those days.
this was an insane summer of baseball
Its kinda amazing how little Pat know about other sports.
SB Nation has an incredible 6 part documentary on the Seattle Mariners and in it it addresses this whole thing from Ken Griffey’s perspective. Super interesting and I would recommend checking it out
I'm Pat's age, I'm Canadian, and I don't care about baseball very much. Even I knew about the race for the HR record in '98
10 minutes dedicated to steroids in a 30 for 30 about Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa...This was just a fluff-piece
I think you missed the point of the 30 for 30. It was supposed to put people in the moment and show them how important this was for baseball. It’s easy to write it off as “oh they were all roid freaks” but it showed people what it was at the time and how it reinvigorated baseball.
Denis Tuohy Yes but as a documentary, it’s their duty to talk about how these guys were able to do that, and how significant of a role it played too. Instead, they just mentioned it in passing
Last game of the season in 2004, Sammy walked out of the stadium and left while the game was still in progress. Despite security cameras clearly showing this, he denies that he did so. That is likely the biggest sticking point between Sammy and the Cubs organization.
I’d rather have the biggest, baddest guys on steroids hitting 600 foot bombs than having a 5’8” guy hitting home runs that barely clear the fence with the juiced balls that MLB is now supplying.
Sammy Sosa Cubs 🙌 🙌
Why did he sound Australian when he was talking about taking the juice lol 😂
Ken Griffey Jr Forever
They also wound up the baseballs, don't forgot.
You should watch 61*.
Best era in baseball.
You mentioned record in the NFL and going from a 16 to a 17 game schedule. Remember the NFL used to have a 14 game schedule until 1978.
Had a 12 game schedule before that.
From 1947 until 1960.
Every Montreal Expos fan remember that darn strike that ruined everything for us.
That was so sad because that team was so good and Montreal loved them until the strike
PMac is the Joe Rogan of sports. A literal ESPN 2.0. He will be the future of sports broadcasting
That record should belong to JR
@Justin Sime and Aaron
The main reason he seems likeable, a long with his rivalry with Sammy Soda, is how much of an ass Bonds was.
“Sammy Soda” that made me spit out my soda for real 😄
Bonds was an ass but the media made him seem like a bigger ass than he actually was.
Sammy, A POP AND A HOP.
😂😂 at least pat knows the onion is satire 😂
The biggest thing with steroids to me is sure it gave them power for the home runs, but you still have to hit the ball. Doesn't matter how big you are if you can't hit a curveballor time a fastball you won't hit. Bonds was a great hitter.
Sosa's complete inability to admit any flaws about himself is truly bizarre
He was the man for a few years and it went to his head
I miss Wrigleyville, moved out of there 2 weeks ago :(
I wonder how many people had a hard time listening to a true yinzer accent ❤️
Say what you want...I loved watching Big Mac as a kid. Even more so than Bonds, you new exactly what was happening when he came up. Most people don't realize he's the all time leader in HRs per AB. Just didn't have a lot of ABs compared to most other guys with over 500 dingers.
They should have called it the summer of McGwire because it was 80% about him and st louis.
I mean he did break the record to be fair, and all the pressure was on McGuire. Back in ‘98 not many people were talking about Sosa. So it makes sense that most of it was about McGuire
If you found McGwire’s inner thought process at the plate was impressive look up an interview with Miguel Cabrera. He can remember what a pitcher threw to him 3 years prior in an at bat.
STL has “Big Mac Land” where he used to hit upper deckers and now everyone in the section gets a free Big Mac if someone hits the ball there. Barely happens anymore, especially since Albert left
Just wait until we get Arenado
And Sammy Sosa went and became a white man 😂😂
McGwire’s bottle being sold OTC was an interesting fact for me
what about the 14 game nfl season era?
From 1947- 1960 nfl played 12 game schedule.
That was an amazing time for Baseball. I was a fan as a kid all through it. Also steroids don't cause guys to hit more Home Runs, how do you know this? Because a few years ago, across the MLB, a record number of Home Runs were hit
The Onion is the Pride of the University of Wisconsin. Go Badgers!
Funny thing is that they regulate now and people are still huge. So, it makes you think they may have not been on stuff.
Merrill Hess has one record you never heard about...
Gagne vs Bonds both on Roids and Bonds hit a dinger and pulled a 101mph fastball foul in McCovey Cove then hit a homer fair in McCovey Cove so 😐
I'm so glad you said it sucked early in the video lol it just wasnt good...
As a vitamin user 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sosa also got caught with a corked bat.
So did George Brett though and like 100 or more players
@@richardeberhart451 Really? A 100 or more? Sounded like some made-up bs so I did some thorough research on the web. It turns out only 7 MLB players have been caught using a corked bat, and Sosa was the latest.
Put Pete Rose in HOF NOW!
17 games? They used to play 12 games in the 50s and 60s. Yet backs like Brown and Taylor still gained over 1000 yards.
1947- 1960 (12) game schedule in NFl.
Why is it that people forget that you could buy training supplements that were laced back in the day.
I use to go to batting practices just to watch McGwire hit.
Me too I remember when he came to chase field in Arizona in 1998 we watched his bp practice and he hit a hr so far it shattered and broke the sign on the front row grill restaurant that was like 5 stories up in the outfield, nobody had ever seen a diamondback let alone any other player hit it there before it was nuts.........
Sammy Sosa is a human Neapolitan ice cream.
yo! merrill hess was way ahead of his time.....swing away!
What is Sosa using to lighten his skin lol
Bleach
One juiced one corked... why would this be any good?
What's next...Ron Artest documentary?
I was at the corked game!!
10:30 Hey it’s Barry scene.
McGuire hit more HRs than singles one year
As a vitamin user haha
Yo Sammy I’m trying to get that prince tone too drop the plug homie Im tired of being called country black
Everything was better back then man. Movies. Sports. Wrestling. Today's world sucks.
Man, I'd forgotten that McGwire got to feast on terrible Marlins and Expos pitching toward the end of the season. And for him to say that "Sammy didn't have any pressure on him" is just a clown comment. Sosa was literally winning the MVP award while leading a historically moribund franchise that was mourning the loss of it's most beloved figure to the playoffs.
McGwire didn't come off in a good light, at least, he didn't to me.
backbackbackbackback...GAHN!
Imagine if you held a bunch of NFL punting records, all the big ones. Imagine if after you retired some new punters came along and are all of a sudden all blasting all your records to bits. Imagine if we then found out that those new punters had some new kind of "juice" they were taking that the NFL rules hadn't caught up with yet. Would you be as dismissive of that as you are for McGwire?
It is rather a sad state of things when the only thing you can count on is the Onion, and only because you know it's satire.