Pujols slaps two homers in the Cardinals opening game and he is already off to a hot start. On the other hand, Josh Beckett just got richer. The Red Sox agreed Monday to a $68 million, four-year contract extension with No. 1 starter.

The poor Cubs just got rocked by the Braves 16-5 in their opener. Their ace, who? Oh yea, Carlos Zambrano pitched 1 and 1/3 innings giving up 6 hits, 8 runs and 8 earned runs. I am sure this wasn’t what Zambrano was expecting. Jason Heyward, who had a run-scoring single in the eighth, was 2-for-5 with four RBIs.

Cub fans, it may be EARLY, but just count after me….101…102. The 1908 World Series is significant for being the last World Championship the Cubs ever won.

Hang in there fans because you never know what may happen.

Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids and his reason was to recover from injury faster which is what Winstrol V (Winny V – street name) does. It helps tendons to heal faster and also speeds up the time for muscles to recover. I know this, because I was a user for more than six months when I was working out. When you are in your 30′s and early 40′s, muscle recovery could take days. When you play 162 games per year, it’s hard to recover and perform at the highest level.

Steroids do not improve hand and eye coordination. It will not help a player hit a 90+ MPH fast ball. Big Mac had good games and bad games, even when he was using. The media has no clue on what certain steroids do and don’t do. They sit back and take pop shots at something they no nothing about.

Big Mac did the right thing regardless of the timing. He was hired by the Cardinals in October to be their hitting coach, and he knew he had to say something before the start of spring training in mid-February. He did just that.

During the home run streak in 1998, McGwire admitted using androstenedione, a steroid precursor that was then legally available and didn’t become a controlled substance until 2004. Again, steroids were not banned until a year after McGwire retired in 2001.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa saved baseball in 1998 and made every baseball fan locked into their TV sets to see the most exciting home run race in baseball history.

Let god be the judge and not the two face puppet pirates.

McGwire is bad for the game period! He hasn’t been honest with himself, Congress or his fans. McGwire has been unwilling to answer allegations about performance-enhancing drugs. Big Mac may have to answer questions now that he is back in the spotlight.

I am not a fan of any player that cheated during the steroid era. It is a shame that Mark McGwire was part of this era as he and Sammy Sosa in a way, saved baseball during the Home Run Derby of sorts.

La Russa must be dreaming or did he pass out in his car again? Stop hitting up happy hour Tony! Do you really want that kind of media attention considering that you have only named him and not introduced him publicly as your hitting coach?

Here’s what other writers had to say courtesy of Yahoo’s blog by David Brown.

• If McGwire did play, it would stop the clock on his Hall of Fame eligibility. N.Y. Daily News
• And, as Matthew Leach notes, McGwire’s support ain’t so good right now. MLB.com
• Jonah Keri is all for McGwire batting again, and not simply for the novelty. Such a move might circumvent BBWAA members who abuse their voting privileges. JonahKeri.com
• Ah, c’mon, McGwire’s not coming back, Tommy Craggs writes. La Russa’s just messing with reporters he considers anti-Big Mac. Deadspin
• You just never know with La Russa, though. Fans in St. Louis seem to be having a mixed reaction at this possibility. Cardinal Beat at StlToday.com
• While pondering McGwire’s comeback, check out the Cardinals roster broken down into awesome pie graph form. Mmm, pie graph. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Gwen Knapp wonders: If McGwire gets forgiven, what about Barry Bonds(notes)? S.F. Chronicle

Big Mac just needs to stay at home and hope he will be forgiven and maybe have a chance to be voted into the Hall of Fame.