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Mark McGwire was a highlight reel mainstay during his sixteen year MLB career. As a member of the Oakland Athletics, Big Mac joined forces with fellow All-Star/MVP Jose Canseco to form the Bash Brothers. As a St. Louis Cardinal, he battled Sammy Sosa for the single-season home run record. And in retirement, he made appearances in magazines, on television networks, and in front of Congress.

In this video, we'll take a look at how Mark McGwire singlehandedly encapsulated baseball's steroid era, how the consequences of his cheating are still being felt to this day, and how Major League Baseball turned a blind eye to the whole thing (until they couldn't anymore).
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BUSINESS INQUIRIES
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: @BaseballHSTRN
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SOURCES
Baseball Reference
Fangraphs
"Mark McGwire's Stats: From College to MLB"
"The day Canseco, McGwire became 'Bash Brothers'" (mercurynews.com)
"MLB's steroid era ground zero was Oakland A's clubhouse" (globalsportmatters.com)
"Rare Photos of Mark McGwire" (Sports Illustrated)
"Long Gone Summer: A Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire timeline" (yahoo.com)
"Today in Baseball History: McGwire, Sosa, and Palmeiro Testify Before Congress" (NBC Sports)
"A timeline of steroids in baseball" (The Denver Post)
"MLB History: How Jose Canseco Ruined Baseball in 2005" (Overtime Heroics)
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MUSIC
"Carved From Stone" - TrackTribe
"Duck In The Alley" - TrackTribe
"Get Tough" - TrackTribe
"Heavy Hideout" - TrackTribe
"SeaTac" - TrackTribe
"To the Sun and Back" - TrackTribe
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00​ - 1:06 Intro
1:07 - 5:16 1988
5:17 - 6:37 HelloFresh
6:38 - 10:07 1998
10:08 - 12:42 2005
12:43 - 15:05 Big Mac's Legacy