March 29, 2007

Maris Gestures From On High

Was the great home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa so so long ago?:

A bronze statue forged to honour slugger Mark McGwire is built to last forever. The only question is whether it ever will see the light of day.

The Cardinals commissioned the statue after McGwire hit 70 homers in 1998, obliterating Roger Maris’ 37-year-old record. There’s a place set aside for it alongside other mini-monuments to Cardinals legends outside Busch Stadium.

But the bronze is draped in cloth, hidden in a downtown warehouse.

So what's under the tarp do you think? I'm betting it's a pair of bronze testicles the size of peas. The Ringling Clown College is hoping there'll be several official Sammy Sosa statues as they'd make great pins for a juggling routine.

Posted by floridacracker at March 29, 2007 08:27 AM

   



Comments

There's a stretch of Interstate 70 honorarily named for McGwire (get it? 70 as in how many home runs he had that one season. Gosh, they are clever around here) that the some legislaters are trying to rename quietly.

There seems to be a healthy split between the diehards who will not believe anyone who ever did well in a Cardinal uniform could ever have done wrong, and those who just hate him because he was an ass to the media and to fans. Just like there are those who believe the power of Christ compels them to love Kurt Warner and the only reason to criticize him is reverse racism and/or anti-Christian bigotry.

It's a swell town.

Posted by: marc at March 29, 2007 09:27 AM

Add a section for those who hate him because they rooted for him against that foreign, cork-batted juicehead and he turned out to be an weasley American juicehead.

But as far as Mark being rude: forgive daddy 'cause that was just the juice talking.

Hey, what's up with your blog? You forgot to delete the archive and leave an entirely blank site.

Ah, you moved again.

PS: I love Kurt Warner.

Posted by: Donnah at March 29, 2007 09:49 AM

Ahhh, the shame of it all...
I used to watch him and Canseco swat hits when they played here in the minors and was enamored of their skills. But that was when I was still in love with baseball and before those ugly strike times, not to mention the exposure that they were both juice freaks. I truely hope neither is ever granted a spot in the HoF, likewise with Pete Rose, who further added to the corruption of the game.

Posted by: Gmac at March 30, 2007 11:53 AM

The strike really turned a lot of people off for good.

Posted by: Donnah at April 2, 2007 08:59 AM