Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Gamble Paid Off For Cardinals; Will Successor Prove The Same?

So apparently it's become like a thing now for Cardinals sluggers to leave the team in the offseason and head for Southern California. Last year it was Albert Pujols, aka the Second Greatest Cardinal (and who will never, ever reach number one on that list), leaving the Redbirds and taking his talent ... More >>

Screw Your Jumping Jacks, Pat Conway

Dozens of these litter my personal swanktuary.​Fired Up Missouri recently pointed out some of the more inane bills proposed by our state legislature, and HB 1063, proposed by Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joe) is particularly egregious.And I quote, "HB 1063 designates the exercise known as 'jumping jacks ... More >>

Cardinals Finalize Coaching Staff for 2012

commons.wikimedia.orgMark McGwire is one of five coaches from Tony La Russa's 2011 staff who will return next season under new manager Mike Matheny.​The Cardinals announced their full coaching staff for next season yesterday, putting to paper the group who will support Mike Matheny as he takes ove ... More >>

Mark McGwire Should Thank His Testicles For Giving Him the Balls to Admit to Steroids

Mark McGwire: Fortunately we won't be hearing courtroom testimony on what lies beneath this towel.​Have you been following Barry Bonds' perjury trial this week in San Francisco? It's been -- how can we put this? -- nuts. Seriously. On Monday prosecutors called Bonds ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Bell, t ... More >>

Cardinals Stuck in Routine: Rehire McGwire and Duncan for 2011

Will leftover buns score runs next season? Ehh.​Meet the new bosses, same as the old bosses. So it shall be in the Cardinal clubhouse again in 2011, as the club has agreed on contracts with pretty much the entire coaching staff, including Dave Duncan and Mark McGwire, the only two anyone real ... More >>

Mark McGwire Highway To be Renamed After Mark Twain

Great works of literature are immortal. Baseball records -- especially dubious ones -- are not. So it's fitting then that Missouri legislators yesterday approved a bill to rename a stretch of Interstate 70 after Missouri's America's most famous author, Mark Twain. ​

Is McGwire to Blame for Cardinals' Lack of Offensive? The Numbers Don't Suggest It

So a little over a month into the season, the Cardinals' pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been absolutely exquisite, while the offense has been, um, let's see...what's the opposite of exquisite? Maybe not the opposite, actually; how about something that's well short of exquisite but ... More >>

Whitey Herzog Doesn't Want to Talk About the Past, Closes Door on New York Times Reporter

​The New York Times recently visited St. Louis to report on the hand-wringing over Mark McGwire's steroid confession and his new gig as the Cardinals hitting instructor. The Times notes in its coverage yesterday how both fans and former members of the Cardinals "family" have mixed feelings about M ... More >>

Question to Cardinal Nation: Is Mark McGwire the Next Thomas Eagleton?

​With each passing day, the St. Louis Cardinals' decision to hire Mark McGwire as hitting coach is becoming a PR disaster of epic dimensions. Current ballplayers and Hall of Famers alike have turned against him, in many cases, quite bitterly. Ex-Cardinal great and Fox Sports Midwest an ... More >>

Mark McGwire's Rolodex

​In a brief appearance [Sunday], he warned kids not to try steroids and said he was happy about his chance to put on a major league uniform again.McGwire added that he had a "huge Rolodex of knowledge" to pass on to Cardinals hitters.-- Associated Press; Monday, January 18 Mark McGwire's Rolode ... More >>

Public Relations Fail: Mark McGwire, the Cardinals and a Crowded Hallway

It started out so well for Big Mac. The Cards hired George W. Bush's former press secretary and master of atonement Ari Fleischer to help the team's new hitting coach gently break the news that he was on the juice. After a misty-eyed interview with local/national broadcaster Bob Costas, media critic ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Scoundrel Who Robbed Home of Murdered ABB Victim

Daily RFT readers voting in Friday's "Ass Clown of the Week" election showed Mark McGwire about as much love as those adoring fans at the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up yesterday. Which is to say, they seem ready to excuse the former home-run king and he admitted last week to using steroids throughout mo ... More >>

Who is Ass Clown of the Week, January 8-15?

media.urbandictionary.com​You know the rules. Vote for the local newsmaker who you think committed the most scandalous and/or idiotic act of the week. And the candidates...1. Mark McGwire: After years of denying and obfuscating his alleged use of steroids, Big Mac came clean this week -- admitting ... More >>

5 Comments We're Tired of Hearing About Mark McGwire

The shelf-life of the Mark McGwire steroids story turned out to be a little longer than most of us -- and maybe Mark himself -- expected. But after all, it's January and there's nary any other real baseball news to be had.As a result of the relative longevity of Big Mac's coming clean, sports talker ... More >>

Canseco to McGwire: "Hook Yourself to a Polygraph and Call Me a Liar!"

​Remember Jose Canseco's allegation in his book "Juiced" that he and Mark McGwire shot each other with steroids in the locker room stalls in Oakland? During his steroid confession Monday night to Bob Costas, McGwire denied the claim, saying that Canseco made up the story to help sell his book. Yes ... More >>

New York Times Analyzes McGwire's 'Roids Reveal Strategy, Finds it Sound

​If one were a professional baseball player, and if one used performance-enhancing drugs, and if one was evasive about it under questioning from members of the United States Congress, and if one were to come clean five years later after being hired as a hitting coach for one's former team, one wou ... More >>

Replacement for Mark McGwire Highway: Honor Prince Joe!

A lot of polls going around about the stretch of Interstate 70 downtown that's been renamed Mark McGwire Highway:​I humbly suggest Prince Joe Henry Highway.

Mark McGwire Now Ready to "Talk About the Past", Issues Statement on Using Steroids

​Mark McGwire admitted today that he used steroids throughout much of his career with the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. The statement came a week after Cardinals manager Tony La Russa stated publicly that McGwire needed to discuss steroid allegations prior to stepping in as the team's ... More >>

Big Mac Finally Comes Clean

Holy shit. I did not see that one coming. ​Mark McGwire finally admitted what we've all known for a very long time today, issuing a statement confirming his use of steroids at various times for the better part of a decade. It should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone, of course, bu ... More >>

La Russa: McGwire Could Bat as Pinch Hitter (But Only Until Ted Williams' Body Defrosts)

Image Via​The probability of the Cardinals new hitting coach Mark McGwire returning to the plate as a pinch hitter isn't likely, though manager Tony La Russa hasn't entirely ruled it out. Speaking this week to the Bay Area's Contra Costa Times, La Russa had this to say of the slugger who retired f ... More >>

The Best Headline Ever, And a Possible Solution to a Very Tough Problem

This soooo totally helps my plan. ​So yesterday Joe Strauss of the Post-Dispatch writes an article about Mark McGwire, the day when he will finally have to Talk About the Past, and the way the Cardinals plan on trying to handle the potential reaction of the fanbase. And then, someone did ... More >>

Mac is Back! La Russa to Install Mark McGwire as Cardinals Hitting Coach

I thought I was still slumbering this morning when I opened up the paper to read that Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is expected to sign a new two-year deal with the club on the condition that the Redbirds also sign tainted slugger Mark McGwire as hitting coach. A triumphant return for Mr. McGwire? ... More >>

Return of the Mac

​So maybe, just maybe, perhaps, it might be, maybe, that the St. Louis Cardinals are preparing to name one Mark 'Big Mac' McGwire as their next hitting instructor. Maybe.  Okay, first off, to get it out of the way: I think this is a brilliant move. Mark McGwire, despite what shortcomings ... More >>

Take Me Out to the Old (and Tarnished) Ball Game: For better or worse, baseball's midsummer classic is a symbol for the state of the game

Hall of Shame: Big Mac's a Martyr for the Steroid Era

As you've likely heard by now, it's going to be another year for the Hall of Fame without Mark McGwire. In this year's HoF election, McGwire received only 21.9 percent of the vote, down from 23.6 percent a year ago. He received 23.5 percent the year before that. Not a big change year to year, I know ... More >>

What if Rockstars Were Old-School Baseball Players?

Perhaps they'd look like this. Link via Kopper. More excellent ones at the link and after the jump. Or like this. That's 1985 Topps right there, the style/year of Mark McGwire's rookie card. Why yes, I used to collect baseball cards hardcore.

Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For? Best of Craigslist Missed Connections, December 1-7

(Welcome to Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For? Each Monday, we'll scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye this week.)What? No dessert?: To The Person Who Put A Steak And Mashed Potatoes On My Windshield - 21 (Red Lobst ... More >>

McGwire and Sosa Share a Moment

McGwire and Sosa Share a Moment

Safe at Home

Scandals, schmandals: We still can't wait for Opening Day!

* Power

Unreal wanders into an un-bear-ably raucous party, plans a Missouri escape and visits a local blogger who's worried about Sheryl Crow; plus, our fantastic suggestion for the Mark McGwire Highway

Willie McGee Denies Ever Using Steroids

Unreal visits a holistic beauty shop, discovers the synergy between consulting groups and Playboy Playmates and checks out a local blogger's anti-Valentine's Day party. Plus: Was it really just the Milky Ways, Willie?

Catfight

Week of September 18, 2002

Puppy Love

Week of September 4, 2002

E.T. Trumps Andro

We don't need no stinking McGwire Highway!

Fallow Fields

Just because Cardinals build it doesn't mean city youth leagues will come

What Do You Think About the Dethronement of Mark McGwire as Home-Run King?

Week of October 17, 2001

Who Has Brought the Most Magic to St. Louis Sports in the Last 20 Years?

Week of March 21, 2001

FLOTSAM & JETSAM

The wit and wisdom of Cardinal broadcaster Mike Shannon; the boys on the bus at the Post

Flotsam and Jetsam

Carol Daniel bogeys down with Tommy Chong; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is short-circuited at the Post-Dispatch; Kiel Center should become a Rockets booster

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME PLATE

Five percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing, but is that reason enough for local charities to lend their names to a commemorative-bat sale?

IT MIGHT, IT COULD BE, IT IS ... ANDRO

Slugger Mark McGwire has given up the vilified supplement, but perhaps his decision was premature

Short Cuts

Hit Parade

News Real

1998: The Year in Sports

Letters to the Editor

The Last Picture Show

News Real

Put a Cork in It