Faithful readers of this site will know that in December I reviewed a book about Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco, Bash Brothers: A Legacy Subpoenaed. The book’s author, Dale Tafoya subsequently contacted me, and I interviewed him. A few weeks after that, McGwire finally admitted to using steroids during his career. Thereafter, his former trainer, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mark McGwire’
Port-mortem on McGwire: Five more questions with Dale Tafoya
Posted: 26th January 2010 by Graham Womack in InterviewsTags: A Legacy Subpoenaed, Bash Brothers, Dale Tafoya, interview, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire
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The pitfalls of being broke
Posted: 16th January 2010 by Graham Womack in UncategorizedTags: chronicles of the marginally employed, Hitters Hall of Fame, Mark McGwire, ongoing projects, Ted Williams Museum, Will Clark
Back in November I wrote a post here about a Hitters Hall of Fame at the Ted Williams Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. For that piece, I interviewed the executive director for the museum, David McCarthy. After I published my post, McCarthy emailed me feedback and invited me to the museum’s annual induction dinner, to [...]
Who to trust, Canseco or McGwire?
Posted: 12th January 2010 by Graham Womack in Drugs in baseballTags: cause for debate, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire
Amid the hoopla surrounding Mark McGwire admitting he used steroids, an exchange he had with Bob Costas got my attention. In an interview on MLB Network on Monday, Costas read excerpts from Jose Canseco’s autobiography, Juiced, which claimed he personally injected McGwire. “‘Right before a game, we would load up our syringes and inject ourselves’,” [...]
Seeing McGwire through Rose-colored glasses
Posted: 11th January 2010 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of Fame, Drugs in baseballTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, cause for debate, Mark McGwire, Mark McGwire vs Pete Rose
I emailed one of the guys that oversees this site today, curious what he thought of my post about Mark McGwire’s admission of using steroids. He liked what I wrote and suggested I write about how upset Pete Rose would be. “You know he is going to come out and say you banned me but [...]
Mark McGwire: The Confession
Posted: 11th January 2010 by Graham Womack in Drugs in baseballTags: Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire confirmed long-held suspicions today, admitting he used steroids during his playing career, in an interview with the Associated Press. McGwire had previously denied this publicly. “I never knew when, but I always knew this day would come,” McGwire said in a statement issue today and posted on ESPN. “It’s time for me to [...]
Mark McGwire: Hall of Famer?
Posted: 5th January 2010 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of FameTags: Baseball Hall of Fame, cause for debate, Mark McGwire
With the results of this year’s Hall of Fame vote due to be released tomorrow, I wonder how Mark McGwire will fare. I don’t expect him to be inducted. Each of the last three years that McGwire has been on the ballot, he’s gotten around 20% of the vote, far short of the 75% needed. [...]
Interview with Dale Tafoya
Posted: 29th December 2009 by Graham Womack in InterviewsTags: Bash Brothers, Dale Tafoya, interview, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire
I got an email last Saturday from Dale Tafoya, the author of Bash Brothers, which I reviewed here on December 23. I got a little nervous when I first saw Tafoya’s name in my email inbox, as my review of his work was, at times, less than flattering. Tafoya was cool, though, saying that he [...]
Book Review: Bash Brothers
Posted: 23rd December 2009 by Graham Womack in Book reviewsTags: A Legacy Subpoenaed, Bash Brothers, book review, Dale Tafoya, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire
As faithful readers of this space will know, I interviewed Jose Canseco in April 2008 on his promotional tour for his book, Vindicated. While researching Canseco in the days leading up to our meeting, I came across a notice for a forthcoming book on the former Oakland Athletics slugger and his teammate, Mark McGwire. The [...]
Yesterday came the news that Mark McGwire will be joining the St. Louis Cardinals as their new hitting coach. Much of the news centered around ongoing – and very probable – speculation that McGwire used performance enhancing drugs during his career. But hey, as Big Mac would say to Congress, I’m not here to talk [...]
Special Holliday meal
Posted: 27th July 2009 by Graham Womack in Free agency, trades, and other movesTags: Free agency, trades, and other moves, Mark McGwire, Matt Holliday
My previous post in this space ranked the worst baseball trades of all-time, and I included a deal between the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals that netted Mark McGwire for three forgotten prospects. After hearing the news on Friday that the A’s and Cardinals had made another deal, this time sending Matt Holliday to [...]