If Mark McGwire is a "liar," what does that make this guy? Or this guy? Or this guy? Or this gal? I only ask because, you know, lying to get us into a war that's cost billions of dollars, destroyed millions of lives, killed thousands of people and made us a laughingstock the world over is one thing...but lying about taking steroids while playing baseball takes it to a whole 'nother league of malfeasance.
Good evening. Because this is a family broadcast, we probably can't say what we'd like to about the news today that Mark McGwire—the home run hitter, the family favorite from the St. Louis Cardinals—stopped lying today and admitted that he did it while on steroids. For those of us who were raising young baseball fans and baseball players who looked up to Mark McGwire, that summer of ‘98 was magical stuff, as he and Sammy Sosa vied back and forth for the title of Single Season Home Run King. He didn't tell the truth to Congress or to his fans until finally, formally coming clean today. He's been unable to get into the Hall of Fame and, apparently—even for him—the shame here was too much.
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