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Stand Tall Mark McGwire, Your Future is Bright

06:09 AM ET 01.12

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by Thomas Wayne
Okay. Can we all finally **** about Big Mac and what he did or didn't do? The cat is now out of the bag (a cat most of us suspected was in the bag to start with), so let's toss the bag in the trash and move the EXPLETIVE DELETED on.
Earlier this afternoon former Oakland Athletic, St.Louis Cardinal and 12-time All Star Mark McGwire, through a statement issued to the AP, admitted to having used steroids off and on over a ten year time span during his 16 year big league career. Here are some segment's of McGwire's statement:

"I wish I had never touched steroids.…

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Oddities Abound in the Aroldis Chapman Signing

06:06 AM ET 01.12

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by Thomas Wayne
Sources at Sports Illustrated are confirming that Cuban defector/big name free agent Aroldis Chapman has agreed to sign a five-year, $30 million dollar deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The contract includes a player option for 2015 and should Mr. Chapman choose to opt out at the end of the deal he would be arbitration-eligible rather than directly enter free agency.
For those who don't know, Mr. Chapman captured many a scouts imagination at the 2009 World Baseball Classic, where he hit triple-digits on the radar gun multiple times. However, like most young fire-ballers, his…

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Rangers Hurt by Hamilton's Haunting Hernia

01:45 PM ET 06.05

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By Teddy Mitrosilas

My eyes were jolted wide open weeks before that laser barrage on Yankee Stadium last summer that culminated Josh Hamilton???s rise back to baseball glory.

I leaned back in my chair about 10 rows above the visitor???s on-deck circle at Angel Stadium last spring, approximately 90 minutes before first pitch, and I was mesmerized.

I was mesmerize by the sound, the speed, the power, the rhythm, the flight, and, ultimately, the landing.

Let me tell you, even in this day of suppressed savings accounts and preposterously-priced sports tickets, watching Hamilton take batting…

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