I would have had a lot more respect for Big Mac if he would have admitted it when the allegations were being tossed around a few years ago. Now I just lump him into another looser/user who is trying to make it right; when he should have stayed in the sunset.
Well, I think everyone would have, but this is better than nothing. Besides, if Congress hadn't tried to show everybody how "tough" they were on a topic they had absolutely no inclination to prosecute over, they could have granted immunity to those that testified during the congressional hearings. Since they didn't do that, he would have, theoretically, been incriminating himself. I say it would have been better for him to come clean out of the gate, but owning up to it now is a good thing. And, lets not forget that the league and owners were culpable as well, as everyone from the lowest single-A minor league team to the biggest major league teams knew of its presence in the game, and did nothing to stop it. I've talked to a couple of minor leaguers that had been around some of that (one guy was a relief pitcher for the Cards) and he said its no surprise those guys would take the stuff to recover from injuries faster and perform better when the contract money is as large as it is.
