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Unread 10-26-2009, 01:35 PM
 
Location: NE PA
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Default Mark McGwire back in baseball

The Associated Press: McGwire joins Cardinals as hitting coach

Amazing...he might become the most heckled hitting coach ever.
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Unread 10-26-2009, 02:03 PM
 
Location: Cook County
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I was floored by this. He has been more underground then Osama Bin Laden since the congressional hearing. To all the sudden come back as a hitting coach is just shocking. He seemed to take the heckling and the media attacks pretty hard, so I have no idea how he will pull this off.
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Unread 10-26-2009, 02:32 PM
 
Location: Walker's Point, Milwaukee
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What a joke, Mark is a giant piece of poop!!! Yet Cardinal fans will cheer and accept him.
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Unread 10-26-2009, 05:58 PM
 
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McGuire's swing advice will be " insert needle, depress plunger...........
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Unread 10-26-2009, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Anytime a young player asks McGwire about how he developed his swing he'll inform them he isn't there to talk about the past...
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Unread 10-27-2009, 07:57 AM
 
Location: West of Philadelphia
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Let's face it; sports fans are a very forgiving group. McGuire will be booed the first few times he appears at visitor's ballparks but after awhile it will all be forgotten. Pro athletes can lie to Congress, abuse their wives, kill animals, etc and they know that eventually they will be back in the same sport, and most likely, with the same organization.
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Unread 10-27-2009, 11:12 AM
 
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Yeah, he's going to give Albert Pujols hitting tips.
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Unread 10-27-2009, 12:29 PM
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Location: Suburban Dallas
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Anytime a young player asks McGwire about how he developed his swing he'll inform them he isn't there to talk about the past...
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Let's face it; sports fans are a very forgiving group. McGuire will be booed the first few times he appears at visitor's ballparks but after awhile it will all be forgotten. Pro athletes can lie to Congress, abuse their wives, kill animals, etc and they know that eventually they will be back in the same sport, and most likely, with the same organization.
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Yeah, he's going to give Albert Pujols hitting tips.

It should all make for an interesting spring next year.
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Unread 10-27-2009, 01:28 PM
 
Location: Memphis, Tn ~ U.S.A.
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I for one am glad to see Mark make his return to the Cardinals. The guy has ALWAYS swung a big bat(pre-roids), so I think he will be of great assistence
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Unread 10-30-2009, 10:32 AM
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Location: A Land Not So Far Away
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I'm sure Cardinal fans will be forgiving. As for the rest of the league, I doubt they'll even think about it. He's not playing; he's coaching now, so it's not going to be that high of a visibility as stepping up to the plate. I think he can help the hitters for this next season.
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