You may have heard Carlton Fisk is mad about Mark McGwire- he shares his thoughts in this Fred Mitchell piece.
After finishing this up, check out Joe Posnanski’s take, which includes a search for authentic numbers.  If you only read one thing from me this week, follow this link to the article.  And please remember, no [...]

Mark McGwire appeared at the St. Louis Cardinals Winter warm-up fan fest yesterday- to cheers.  Prior to his entrance, Jack Clark, a local broadcaster, appeared and was loudly booed.  Said one fan, “I don’t think you should ever boo a Cardinal unless they are outright loafing or something.  But I think Jack Clark was wrong.  [...]

Derrick Goold writes a short piece about Cardinals GM John Mozeliak’s position on the Mark McGwire hire prior to McGwire’s admission last week.  While Mozeliak acknowledges he had doubts about McGwire, it seems the team made a press conference in which McGwire would take questions a condition of his hire.  The team did not put [...]

This could end up being one of those meandering posts where I jump from one side of the fence to the other.  My best hope is that I can present a couple of arguments about why or why not Mack McGwire’s confession yesterday helps end the steroid era.
On the one hand, I believe McGwire’s confession [...]

The Boston Globe has reprinted the entire statement (at least I believe it is the entire statement is.)
“Now that I have become the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, I have the chance to do something that I wish I was able to do five years ago.
I never knew when, but I always knew [...]