Everyone knows about what happened with Mark McGwire today.

I think it is very sad.

When I was a kid, two sports figures stuck out to me. Micheal Jordan and Mark McGwire. Mac brought me the game of baseball when I was 3 or 4. I got a Mac poster for Christmas one year, probably in ’99. I still have it somewhere, and I will not get rid of it.

Most people who know me know that I like Josh Hamilton more than any other player. My family knew me growing up loving Mark McGwire. I don’t know why I was drawn to him so much.

What do you feel when the guy who brought the most important thing in your life to you (baseball to me) admits that he has done the worst thing against it? I literally almost broke down. I had fought for him, saying “No list I have EVER saw proved he was on steroids” and then they go on and on with no real proof. But in the back of my mind, I probably knew he was.

This Christmas some family members bought some cards for me and inside were 2 Mac cards that were from like 1998 or 99 and they were a Home Run History set featuring Mark McGwire. Those were the best cards I got that christmas. I still enjoy them.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate the man. Heck I am proud of him for admitting it. Just hours after he did an interview with Bob Costas. I watched the last half. It was saddening and upsetting all at the same time. I talked to many different people on the fact, and a few says he is trying to earn a HOF spot. I don’t know why he would come out at this time. Maybe just to put baseball nation at ease.  Maybe it is a depression issue.

In the interview, he apparently thinks that Steroids have no performance effect on the body. We all know that is false.

What makes Mac different from any Manny, Big Papi, or Mitchell Reporter? That is easy. He came out and said it. We all remember Palmero lieing to congress’s face “I did not, I repeat did not use steroids” which he did. Most of the people on the stand did. The reason why is not clear. But Barry Bonds won’t admit it, Papi won’t…

Anyway, this “Special Edition” was a last resort rambling for me, I felt awful once I heard it, and I should have known. 

I will give him forgivness, with an asterisk. I now know the truth, and I feel good about it

Come read tomarrow when the Collector’s Corner looks into his collectables, cards, and memerobilia, predicting what will happen to the prices.