Some people say he was because nobody has ever hit more home runs (70) in one season except Barry Bonds. Some say no. Remember, he never admitted to taking steroids.
2007-11-08 15:33:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Yes he was a great player... just because players dont hit as many home runs as the steroids king doen't mean they aren't great players
2007-11-08 15:37:37 · answer #1 · answered by Veronica's Mommy 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
As partial to Mark McGwire, i became disillusioned and devastated while he did no longer answer the questions positioned till now him in congress. He ought to have replied sure or no, yet as that's regularly mentioned, the absence of a reaction, is commonly the admittance of guilt. they are asserting that steroids or the different muscle improving products does not make a house run hitter because of the fact it additionally demands eyesight and hand coordination. nicely, in case you will play the interest of baseball, even in little league, you ought to have the two, yet once you upload muscle improving products, it makes a double right into a house run. to place it extra mildly, somebody who isn't on the "juice" could hit a ball to the wall, mutually as somebody on the "juice" could hit it over it. Mark Mcgwire did no longer answer the questions. If he had mentioned sure, there could have been time to forgive him for this. If he had mentioned no, mutually as there could nevertheless be human beings thinking if he did, a minimum of he replied it, below oath. He does need to be in the hall, yet for my area, no longer as a primary time poll. i could vote for him, yet no longer this twelve months, in line with threat no longer even next twelve months, after that extra then probably.
2016-10-01 22:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His stats say yes, and his behavior is by far NOT the most offensive. Andro was not illegal nor banned in MLB, although i do oppose its use.
BUT.....
when he first arrived in STL, and still ended up with 58 HRs, I knew there was going to be a power surge in the fastball-heavy NL.
Bonds on the other hand has had his production drop despite all the walks, and his OBP is marginally above average. Once he was discovered with the clear and the cream (thereby the de facto admission that he used steroids, knowingly or not, he still USED it), once he stopped using it, his numbers went down.
Nuff said.
2007-11-12 14:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by JBC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, lets pretend for a minute that he wasn't a cheating juicer. Even with the "accomplishment" of all those home runs, he is not a great player. He has a very unattractive lifetime batting average of .263. He has only batted .300 three times in his entire career. He was a terrible hitter, and I mean terrible. Of course, he only had a handful of complete seasons, but still.
Oh and he didn't want to "talk about the past". What the hell did you think he was talking about? He's obviously guilty. An innocent man would have nothing to hide.
2007-11-08 15:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by Crusader 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He was an average fielder, above average hitter who had power.
No, he was not a great player. Home runs are not the end all and be all of what makes a great player. It's what puts fannies in the seats. And he DID admit to taking HGH, which was not banned at the time, but is a performance enhancing substance.
2007-11-08 15:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by Toodeemo 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He was a good player who probably used substances to gain an advantage, but so are lots of players. That is the problem with this steroid era of sports. The fact that there are so many players using means that he was still the best of that era. You have to give the man his props for being entertaining. He did excite people to watch the game after the strike which caused a lot of people including myself to write off baseball as a sport that was less fun and attractive others and filled with big greedy players and owners.
2007-11-08 15:40:28 · answer #6 · answered by Future Citizen of Forvik 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
bonds admitted that he took steroids, but didn't know what it was.......(yea right)
mcgwire obviously took androstenedione (a bottle was sitting in his locker shelf, spotted by a reporter)
both are dorks! bonds was a good player, but afterwards turned into a clown!
mcgwire was a good power hitter/ good glove that was always injured, then he took a form of steroids. lame red head!
2007-11-08 22:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He took them--he never admitted to taking ILLEGAL steroids. Besides, lots of people don't admit to what they have done.
Leave the roids out, he was excellent in many stretches of his career and pretty awful in others. Don't get too hung on batting average. He is in the top 100 all-time for OBP (#78) because he drew a lot of walks. The same is true of lots of power hitters.
For example, Clemente hit 317 and Mantle only 298, but Mantle was a far far better hitter than Clemente.
2007-11-08 20:15:48 · answer #8 · answered by Bucky 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He never admitted but the reality is he did. I do agree. McGwire was a great ball player but he steroid use has add a blemish to his career. He is definitely not the greatest. Should be in the hall of fame, sure why not. Good 80% of the league is or was on steroids at one time.
2007-11-08 15:39:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Just because he NEVER admitted to using steroids, that does not mean he is innocent. If he did, he will be punished down the road, either here, or by God.
2007-11-08 23:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Mark McGwire was a great ball player. What most people forget is that, in addition to being a tremendous hitter, he was a great first baseman who won a Gold Glove in 1990.
As for allegations of performance enhancers, I'd like to point out that none of the things he's alleged to have taken were banned by baseball. In fact, the Andro that he was openly using in 1998 could be purchased at any GNC, so it's not like it wasn't available for every other player.
2007-11-08 15:48:34 · answer #11 · answered by frankmoore 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋