You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
I heard Tony Bennett say that when you're a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it's very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.
Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.
When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.