Mark McGwire Has One More Apology To Make

Mark McGwire has (finally) admitted to using steroids.
And you act as if I'm supposed to give a damn.  As if I'm supposed to be surprised.

McGwire apologized, though I am not sure for what exactly he is apologizing for or who he is apologizing to.  He took steroids as he tried to heal quicker from his injuries and make his team better.  Do you blame him?  Maybe had he shared the wealth with the likes of Delino DeShields, Eli Marrero and Royce Clayton, the Cardinals would have been better off.

Is he apologizing to his family, who benefited significantly thanks to the paychecks McGwire received from the Cardinals and the endorsement money he received elsewhere.  I don't know anyone that would not do anything in his or her problem to give their family everything they wanted.

This, of course, was a little more illegal than other methods.

Still, I have yet to hear an apology to Tony La Russa.

While McGwire hid in a secret lair where he would go on and tutor Matt Holliday and others, La Russa was McGwire's only line of defense.  He often chastised media members for even questioning McGwire's past.

In the end, McGwires non-lies have turned La Russa into a liar.

Other than that, La Russa's blind eye act doesn't fool me, nor should it fool anyone else.  Of course Big Mac worked harder than everyone in the weight room.  He had supplements that allowed him to work for longer periods of time while helping his body cure up from its ailments. 
That's what steroids are for, not to make you big and strong, but to help with your endurance and speed up the healing process.  Always keep that in mind.

Then take into consideration the other former roided-up freaks that have played under TLR and with the Cardinals, including the team's starting center fielder much of last year, Rick Ankiel, and closer Ryan Franklin.

(Due to time constraints, we'll pretend that the Oakland Athletics of the late 1980s didn't exist.)

Yep, big surprise that a guy who hit 18 home runs in 279 PAs from 1993-94 jumped to 39 HRs in 422 PAs in 1995.

So, Mark.  If you want to make amends, why not start with the guy who made you relevant again in the first place?