nydailynews.com - 10/27/2009
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Former home run king Mark McGwire will return to the St. Louis Cardinals as the team's hitting coach, ending a self-imposed exile from baseball that began with the 2005 publication of Jose Canseco's tell-all steroid book and an awkward appearance at a congressional steroid hearing later that year.
clubseatsports.com - 10/27/2009
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If I had to guess, I think this
is what McGwire’s Five-Step Approach To Hitting would probably...
look like: Rule #1: It’s all about the beard In order to become a great hitter, you need to have a perfectly manscaped, red goatee. If you don’t have red hair, die it. Can’t grow it? Glue on a fake one.
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Mark McGwire’s Five-Step Approach To Hitting
mlb.mlb.com - 10/25/2009
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By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com 10/25/09 4:47 PM
ET Tony La Russa was expected to return as...
the Cardinals' skipper, but he could have a new hitting coach in slugger Mark McGwire. According to ESPN.com's Buster Olney, La Russa has signed a multi-year ...
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McGwire could become next hitting coach
babeslovebaseball.com - 10/28/2009
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For those of you who assumed Mark McGwire
was gone from baseball for good, think again. Though...
he hasn't been even the smallest percentage as irritating as former Bash Brother Jose Canseco, McGwire has been accused of being a big, fat, dirty cheater and also, a liar liar pants on fire...
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Mark McGwire: Back in the Game
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Bud Selig is "delighted" at McGwire's return; the feds? Not so much
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... Speaking by telephone from his office in Milwaukee, Selig said, "I give (manager) Tony La Russa a lot of credit and (chairman) Bill DeWitt a lot of credit for making this happen. I was -- and am -- very supportive of their decision. I wish everybody well. When Mark was there, I had a lot of affection and admiration for him . . . I have no misgivings about this at all. Mark McGwire is a very, very fine man and the Cardinals are to be applauded." So everyone's happy? Not so much. Here's retired FBI agent Greg Stekskal , who investigated McGwire: Monday, Stejskal questioned ...
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bizofbaseball.com 10/25/2009 — Twitter can be a fantastic tool for breaking news, and this may be one of those cases.
Brian McRae posted the following on Twitter, and then pulled it shortly after, but not before several re-tweeted the news:
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/27/2009
Mark McGwire might have taken a baby step toward the Hall of Fame by returning to the public eye as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. He might take a bigger step if he acknowledges he used performance-enhancing drugs (beyond androstenedione) to ...
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