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Mark McGwire's Forfeit of Baseball Privacy

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0000

The minute Mark McGwire decided to accept manager Tony La Russa's job offer as hitting coach is the minute he forfeited his baseball privacy. Mark McGwire has had nearly five years to figure out what to say next. Yet here we are, weeks after the St. Louis Cardinals hired McGwire to be their new ...

Around The Horn posted 10 days ago from athbaseball.com

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Cardinals GM still trying to get McGwire to talk to media

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:53:43 +0000

Sporting News staff reports Mark McGwire will meet the press. Soon. Perhaps. St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak told reporters Tuesday that he'll try in the coming days to "work through" the logistics of having McGwire talk to the media about the present, the fture and, maybe, the past. "Clearly my energy is focused on players and looking at how to improve our 2010 team. Understanding that, the McGwire ...

Sports Media Journal found this 13 days ago on sportingnews.com

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Kick Back: McGwire-Holliday Hitting Tale Warped for Spin

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:44:58 +0000

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Back in 2005 and 2006, Matt Holliday , then an outfielder for the Colorado Rockies, began experimenting with a leg kick — a high, pronounced, flamingo-like kick of his leg that he could use as a timing mechanism for his swing. Holliday would try it. Abandon it. ...

C70 At The Bat found this 8 days ago on stltoday.com

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Mark McGwire and the St. Louis Cardinals need to come completely clean about performance-enhancing drugs.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:52:26 +0000

It's past time for Mark McGwire to tell the truth about his relationship with PEDs

C70 At The Bat found this 12 days ago on sports.espn.go.com

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White Like Me

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:49 +0000

Yep. This is pretty weird. And I bet you are wondering what exactly is going on. So are we. That's why, once again, we pitted our trusty RSBS interns to the task of discovering why Sammy Sosa is turning white. After toiling for about twenty minutes, here is the ...

RSBS posted 13 days ago from redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com

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Tuesday hot stove tidbits: Glaus, DeRosa, McGwire, LaRue

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:42 +0000

I have a story going up on StLCardinals.com shortly with a look at the Holliday situation, the starting rotation, and a couple of other matters, but plenty of other tidbits came from my afternoon chat with John Mozeliak, as well as some other sources, today. * Mozeliak pretty much ruled out the ...

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 6 days ago on yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com

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20/20 Hindsight---National League East

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:50 +0000

I came thisclose to nailing the Marlins right on the bulls eye. No one----NO ONE----had the Marlins as good as they were. Except me. The NL East predictions and reality are recapped. Also notes about Chone Figgins; Mark McGwire; and new Nats full-time manager Jim Riggleman.

PRINCEOFNEWYORK posted 12 days ago from paullebowitz.com

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The Fourth Estate’s Early Xmas Present : McGwire Talking About The Past

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:14:21 +0000

Mindful that newly hired hitting coach Mark McGwire can’t possible say he doesn’t want to talk about the past every day between Spring Training and the end of the 2010 season, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak sounds genuinely uptight when discussing the subject with the St. Louis ...

gerardcosloy posted 12 days ago from cantstopthebleeding.com

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White Like Me

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:15:00 +0000

BillZe posted 13 days ago from myteamrivals.typepad.com

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Could McGwire Drive Holliday from Stl?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:37 +0000

SI picked up a Chicago Tribune report where Scott Boras blamed offseason adjustments by Mark McGwire on Matt Holliday’s swing as the reason for the early season woes by the slugging right hander. Boras is quoted as saying that once Holliday went back to his old mechanics he was as good ...

msilva177 posted 9 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com

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Maybe The Maestro Told Sammy Sosa To Put The Balm On

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:15 +0000

Sammy Sosa has attributed the freakishly ashen skin he has been showing off lately to a facial cream he has been using to soften his skin and blamed some of the appearance on the lighting when the photo was taken. In an interview with Spanish language television station Univision, Sosa stated ...

Weed-Against-Speed posted 13 days ago from sportressofblogitude.com

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Unofficial Interview With Mark McGwire, Cardinals New Hitting Coach

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:24:05 +0000

McGwire literally went into hiding after the congressional hearing about performance enhancing drugs and now has thrust himself in to the spotlight by aligning himself with his former team in a coaching role. The PR team of the Cards isn’t suited to handle this particular intro, I’m here to help!

Jump Shot Junkie posted 11 days ago from bleacherreport.com

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No sense in bringing back McGwire

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:14:10 +0000

One of the axioms of life I learned early on was “Let a sleeping dog lie.” Evidently St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa either didn’t get the message or chose, unfortunately, to ignore it. He has announced that he is bringing Mark McGwire back as his hitting coach. Why, oh why, return to ...

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 14 days ago on columbiatribune.com

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