In a world that tore apart Pete Rose, then declined him for Hall of Fame nomination (even after he apologized), we look at the next big fish. Perhaps the most marketable Cardinal of all time in First Baseman Mark McGwire. Did he take steroids? Did he not take steroids? Well I'm here to say it now, I will defend Mark McGwire until the very end. I don't think he did anything wrong honestly.
I mean, so far you busted one of the biggest pitchers in the game in Clements. You have the Home Run leader in Barry Bonds, who is getting ready to face a perjury charge in federal court. But you have to admire McGwire, he never claimed he didn't do it, he never said he did either. He did what the American Government allows him to do. He plead the 5th. He spared so many fans feelings, yet he covered his own backside. And everyone wants his head. Look I'm not saying taking steroids is right, and I'm not saying that pleading the 5th is always the best thing. But it is your right as an American Citizen to not incriminate yourself. Plain and simple. Yeah he probably should of came out and said either "Yes I did it and I'm sorry." or "No, I have never to my knowledge have taken a banned substance of Major League Baseball."
