Big Mac? Big Deal

Mark McGuire saved baseball. That's not my opinion. He saved the game by breaking the most beloved record in the history of the sport. The Homerun saved baseball in 1920 when the White Sox scandal ruined the games reputation. When greed and corruption became so bad in baseball in 1994, the sport suffered it's biggest indignity by seeing it's World Series cancelled. In 1998, Mark McGuire did not look like a regular guy. He had veins sticking out of his skin, biceps bulging through his uniform, and a superhuman frame. We watched anyway. Bud Selig saw the same thing we did. Nobody said anything. Sure the media tried. Mac said the word Androsteen and we all swallowed it and rushed back to the T. V. so we wouldn't miss number 62. The public needed Mark McGuire to help them believe in baseball again. Now the public is shocked? Either everybody is seeing impaired, mildly retarded, or full of crap. Mark McGuire looked like he could hoolah hoop through a cheerio in his rookie season. He also hit 49 home runs in that season for all of those who scoff that at the statement that he didn't help him that much. I believe that Mac and Sosa saw a lot of meatballs in 98. The home runs brought interest back into the game . People are so pathetic when it comes to this subject. Gaylord Perry bragged about scuffing the ball and how it got him into the Hall Of Fame? Why is there no outrage? Because anybody can scuff the ball. To a 300 lb slob who's wolfing down a chili cheese dog during the night shift in his taxi cab, hearing that Mac did steroids is his justification as to why it was McGuire and not HIM that hit 70 home runs. Mark McGuire is the biggest reason many of us even watch baseball again. We all suspended disbelief so we could enjoy what he did. To say you are shocked? Come on. Thanks Mac. What you did for this sport was huge. Too bad memories are so short and convoluted