October 29, 2009

Selig Errs with Free Pass for McGwire

Christine Brennan, USA Today

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When Commissioner Bud Selig found out disgraced slugger Mark McGwire was coming back to the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting coach, he fairly busted his buttons, telling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday that he had "no misgivings about this at all," that McGwire "is a very, very fine man" and that...
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