TLR: McGwire could pinch-hit

[XZero771679666304]

 

McGwire wasn't tiny by any means, but there was definitely a pretty significant mass increase that seperates him from guys like, say, Frank Thomas, who were always huge.

 

 

Frank Thomas was a freak of nature. And I'm not denying Mac put on quite a bit of mass, but not an unnatural amount like some others. He was big guy with a frame that you could project a lot of muscle growth for under normal circumstances. And athletes tend to get bigger over time anyway. I'm just saying he isn't one of those guys where you look at a picture of him at 25 and then 35 and think, "wow, wtf, how the hell did that happen?" (Sammy, Barry, Bret Boone, etc.).

 

Was a significant amount due to the roids? Sure. But not much more than he could have put on anyway.

[Soul]

Yeah, I don't think every ounce of the bulk just disappears. At least not for everyone. If he was also weight lifting, and if he continues to, there's no reason he's going to go back to what he looked like his rookie year.

[TruffleShuffle]

plus he's also much fatter now