Moorlander wrote:^ Could be worse, we could have hired Slamm'n Sammy Sosa. He cheated and cheated.
dweebe wrote:Moorlander wrote:^ Could be worse, we could have hired Slamm'n Sammy Sosa. He cheated and cheated.
Cork? What cork?
That's cool and all, but there's a lot of bad sentiment in Chicago for Sammy. Until McGwire owns up and apologizes to the children, may he get booed each and every home game. The man can run from the truth but he can't hide. This will haunt Big Mac for the rest of his life (You notice that A-Rod was smart enough to own up to his steroid use, and look how the unencumbered star is doing now - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/a ... le1339472/)Moorlander wrote:^ Could be worse, we could have hired Slamm'n Sammy Sosa. He cheated and cheated.
Shimmy wrote:Obviously, McGwire's name has been tainted and he is almost like a taboo around St. Louis. I think it says something about getting back up and moving on. Though, I do believe that in order for him to do that he needs to own up. Look at A-Rod. All of that crap earlier in the season about him using steroids? No one really cares anymore. He took responsibility, moved on, and helped get his team to the World Series.
La Russa said he first contacted McGwire about the coaching job a week earlier, when he was still supposedly mulling his future. He said McGwire showed immediate interest, but the manager said the steroids topic was not broached.
"It's up to Mark how he wants to handle it," La Russa said. "What we want him to do is coach our hitters, and if he does that well, we're going to be happy."
innov8ion wrote:That's cool and all, but there's a lot of bad sentiment in Chicago for Sammy. Until McGwire owns up and apologizes to the children, may he get booed each and every home game. The man can run from the truth but he can't hide. This will haunt Big Mac for the rest of his life (You notice that A-Rod was smart enough to own up to his steroid use, and look how the unencumbered star is doing now - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/a ... le1339472/)Moorlander wrote:^ Could be worse, we could have hired Slamm'n Sammy Sosa. He cheated and cheated.
innov8ion wrote:^ Right, so apparently he can hide in the stadium.
innov8ion wrote:Remember the "Curse of the Billy Goat" in Chicago?
[Apparently La Russa, the GM & owner care more about winning than ethical standards. You heard it here first. This is the beginning of their curse -- the Cardinals won't win another World Series for at least 100 years. The "Curse of the Bloody Syringe!"
I feel perfectly fine, thanks. It doesn't matter whether McGwire is on or off the field. The fact is that the Cardinals hired a man that cheated to get ahead, was a weasel in Congress, and sets a bad example for our children. He should sincerely apologize because he may be able to hide in Busch Stadium but he can't hide from his own conscience.dweebe wrote:innov8ion wrote:^ Right, so apparently he can hide in the stadium.
The only managers/coaches that should be on the field during the game are:
-manager
-pitching coach
-1st and 3rd base coaches
Do you expect him to operate differently that any other MLB team hitting coach? Or to satisfy you does he need to ago above and beyond the job of a hitting coach? Are you demanding he walk out to the mound and take the ball from the pitcher or argue calls with the umpires? Would that make you happy? I'm not defending what he did; but I'm trying to figure out what would make you feel better.
