<![CDATA[Goofbucket: Baseball Corner]]> http://goofbucket.com/pg/groups/14533/baseball-corner/?view=rss http://goofbucket.com/pg/izap_videos/monstergoof/play/14540 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:51:19 -0600 http://goofbucket.com/pg/izap_videos/monstergoof/play/14540 <![CDATA[Mark McGwire Admits Using Steroids]]> Mark McGwire said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. Scott Miller joins Lauren Shehadi to discuss what this means for both McGwire and baseball moving forward.

]]> MonsterGoof http://goofbucket.com/pg/izap_videos/monstergoof/play/14538 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:48:54 -0600 http://goofbucket.com/pg/izap_videos/monstergoof/play/14538 <![CDATA[Mark McGwire testifying to Congress]]> This is NOT the way to establish believability and trust. How important is communications? This one appearance could keep Mark McGwire out of the baseball Hall of Fame.

]]> MonsterGoof http://goofbucket.com/pg/pages/view/14535/ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:43:45 -0600 http://goofbucket.com/pg/pages/view/14535/ <![CDATA[Mark McGwire]]>  

Mark McGwire (born October 1, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals.  He is replacing Hal McRae as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals for 2010.

For his career, McGwire averaged a home run once every 10.61 at bats, the lowest at bats per home run ratio in baseball history (Ryan Howard is second at 11.32 and Babe Ruth is third at 11.80). In 1987, he broke the single-season home run record for rookies, with 49. In 1998, McGwire and Sammy Sosa achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris' single season home run record; McGwire would break the record and hit 70 home runs that year. Barry Bonds now holds the record, after hitting 73 home runs during the 2001 season. In 2010, McGwire publicly admitted having used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.

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