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Mark David "Big Mac" McGwire (born October 1, 1963), is an American former professional baseball player and currently a hitting coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a first baseman, his MLB career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He quickly grabbed media attention in 1987 as a rookie with the Athletics by hitting 33 home runs before the All-Star break, and would lead the major leagues in home runs that year with 49, setting the single-season rookie record. He appeared in six straight All-Star Games from 1987 to 1992 despite a brief career decline related to injuries. Another string of six consecutive All-Star appearances followed from 1995 to 2001. Each season from 1996 to 1999, he again led the major leagues in home runs.
A part of the 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase of Roger Maris' 61 with the Cardinals, McGwire set the major league single-season home run record with 70, which Barry Bonds broke three years later with 73. McGwire also led the league in runs batted in, twice in bases on balls and on-base percentage, and four times in slugging percentage. Injuries significantly cut into his playing time in 2000 and 2001 before factoring into his retirement. He finished with 583 home runs, which was fifth all-time when he retired.
Former major league slugger Mark McGwire told The Associated Press Monday that he used steroids for about a decade during his playing career, including 1998 when he set a single-season home run record. (Jan. 11)
5/22/99: Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire's second homer of the game leaves Dodger Stadium Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. Sin...
4/30/97: Mark McGwire's home run hits the Budweiser sign in left field in Cleveland Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's Internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the Internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live full length MLB game. Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different...
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Mark McGwire career highlights 1988-2000. Hope you enjoyed!
Mark McGwire has finally come clean about steroid use during his baseball career. He says he used steroids on and off in the 1990s, even while breaking the home run record. (Jan. 12)
Scott Engel gets "the word" from Cards Hitting Coach Mark McGwire on some big offensive surprises in 2012
Quick story...This was shot during the days of my cable access sports show. McGwire had hit 2 home runs but the Cards lost in late May and he told the handful of reporters on that day game he wasnt talking about the homers. (This was before the media crush really began). I saw it as my first chance to try and get a one on one interview with Big Mac. Knowing what I know now, after the game is probably not the best time for that... Also, my buddy Kevin and camerman that day said, if hes not talking about home runs, ask him about going back to Philadeplhia and if it brings back any special memories about the trade since it was where he made his Cardinal debut the year before, to ease him in to it. That didnt work....and so then I begin to freelance... THAT WORKED! Note the famous phrase ...
Do you remember the day your life changed? In A Date to Remember, FOX Sports San Diego's Brie Thiele interviews athletes about memorable moments in their lives. In this edition, Mark McGwire recounts the day he smashed a homerun into the parking lot of Dodger Stadium.
Fox Sports News International Mark McGwire breaks home run record
Big Poppa Pump interviews Mark McGwire(Buff Bagwell) From 12 21 98 Nitro
Copyright 1996, this is the first VHS to include the MLB website on the back of the cover. Straight from the VHS to youtube. From the back of the cover: This incredible video captures all the excitement and action of Major League Baseball's electrifying offensive explosion. Through behind the scenes footage and interviews, youll meet, then marvel at the exploits of Baseball's most charismatic stars.... McGwire, Sosa, Griffey, Bonds, Piazza, Gonzalez, Anderson, Vaughn, Sheffield, Belle, Bagwell, Thomas, Hundley... Supersluggers is a high energy celebration of swat, showcase of slams, and patheon of power hitters, packed with the panache of today's Major League Baseball superstars.
Mark McGwire said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. Scott Miller joins Lauren Shehadi to discuss what this means for both McGwire and baseball moving forward.
Stopped in Atlanta on the way back to school in NC from a road trip to Tuscaloosa for an Alabama football game - and got to be a part of history.