this guy was one of the original juicers...

McGwire expects us to believe him because he was everybody's All-America, baseball's Paul Bunyan. He did more than anybody to put baseball back on its feet during the home run summer of 1998. And we sure liked him as a home run king a lot better than we liked Barry Bonds later on. So he has been getting the benefit of the doubt from the baseball public for years.

The same guys who routinely go after Bonds like he's the head of the steroid cartel in baseball somehow find a way to keep McGwire out of the conversation. Another form of denial.

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McGwire is untouchable, exempt, a sacred cow. Suggest that this scandal in any way brushes against him and be prepared to face the consequences.
Four years into his retirement, McGwire is still Teflon-coated.
This, let's be clear, is not an accusation against McGwire, who might be as pure as the driven snow on this. There is little more (in some cases, no more) evidence against him than there was against the others who have been tried in the court of public opinion.The problem is that no matter how many clues lead to a very big, well-known, legendary suspect, the path somehow never gets anywhere close to him. Worse, it gets misdirected toward everyone and everything else.Why?