Mark McGwire returns to the Cardinals as hitting coach.......

Chi_archie · 10-26-09, 04:38 PM

interesting choice... he was pretty much homerun or nothing for much of his career

wacked · 10-26-09, 04:39 PM

Worst choice ever, A .263 lifetime hitter who never admitted to using steroids. FAIL by the Cards.

Tony Gwynn 9,288 lifetime at bats, 434 strikeouts, no steroids. Struck out 4.6% of the time.
Mark "Steroid King" McGwire 6,187 at bats, 1596 strikeouts, used steroids but never admitted it. Struck out 25.7% of the time.

Compare him against other HR hitters...
Albert Pulos 11% of the time strikesout. Lifetime .334 hitter.
AROD 20.1% of the time and he admitted to steroids. Lifetime .306 hitter

Cards are pathetic in picking him without the controversy he is an avg hitter at best.

konck · 10-26-09, 04:39 PM

He is a 263 career avg not what you would call a hitting coach but.....he does one on one's in his back yard and they players that went there said a lot of good things about having Mac work with them.

Bluehorseshoe · 10-26-09, 04:44 PM

[quote=wacked;2450276]Worst choice ever.. .260 lifetime hitter who never admitted to using steroids. FAIL by the Cards.[/quote

I agree. It's insane that he's back in baseball after getting a free ride on the whole steroid mess.

wacked · 10-26-09, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by konck

He is a 263 career avg not what you would call a hitting coach but.....he does one on one's in his back yard and they players that went there said a lot of good things about having Mac work with them.

Was this before or after he took them into his shed and gave them a steroid shot in the ass? Just askin

lakerboy · 10-26-09, 04:53 PM

So they will either hit a homer or strikeout.

jjgold · 10-26-09, 04:54 PM

Tony feels like he owes him and is loyal too him that is why he got the job.

wacked · 10-26-09, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Tony feels like he owes him and is loyal too him that is why he got the job.

Yep, good ole boy system continues.

pokerplayer22 · 10-26-09, 05:00 PM

I think Tony brought him in because rumor has it that McGuire just stocked up on 2 years supply of syringes

moses millsap · 10-26-09, 05:07 PM

pujols is already on roids

Richkas · 10-26-09, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by moses millsap

pujols is already on roids

jcygts6 · 10-26-09, 05:53 PM

haha mcguire will help pujols bulk up more and hit 100 hr/ season lol

InThisMoment · 10-26-09, 05:57 PM

Definite headscratcher here for the reasons others mentioned.

Willie Bee · 10-26-09, 06:14 PM

La Russa simply being loyal to the players he coached and managed himself. McGwire certainly doesn't fit the mold of prototypical hitting instructor, but the only thing that I'm not sure about right now is the fact he's been completely away from the the game on a professional level as far as I know. The lack of recent experience is a greater concern to me than any steroids crap. And the strangest part if why do you announce it like that and answer questions without him being on hand for the deal? McGwire's got to field the questions eventually. I hope he stonewalls the media, always responds, "I'm not here to talk about the past," maybe even shakes his finger a la Raffy Palmeiro (who I think would be a better hitting instructor by the way).

eidolon · 10-26-09, 06:29 PM

Pujols is going to teach Mark how to hit?