Thoughts on Mark McGwire

Anyone who's ever read anything I've written, or have heard any of my ranting diatribes on Mark McGwire knows I have a pretty clear stance on him. He's the ultimate product of the generation. Someone who tried to use steroids to prolong a career that shouldn't have been sustainable. Did he legitimately have that sort of power? Yeah, probably, he did hit for a rookie record of 49 homers after all. But he needed steroids to sustain it.

Also, it's unfair to pick on him because he was the greatest power hitter of the 90's. We don't know for sure everyone who did and who didn't, so to put all this blame on McGwire is a witch hunt. Yankee fans are offended he broke Maris' record. Purists hate the steroids, but most fans honestly don't seem to care, especially if they tend to like the player. The public only really seems to be angry at those who have made a mockery of this whole mess (Jose Canseco, Rodriguez, Clemens, Palmeiro).

Someone from the steroids era is going to get into teh Hall of Fame, and that'll mean everyone else will have to give in. Make Mark McGwire the first, Palmeiro the next and Sosa later. And honestly, someone who cheated and wasn't caught will get in and "taint" the Hall of Fame, so let them all in.