Mark McGwire played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, McGwire averaged a home run once every 10.61 at bats, the lowest at bats per home run ratio in baseball history.
In January 17, 2010, McGwire was welcomed like a hero as he made his first appearance as the Cardinals hitting coach. He admitted to have used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career but during the conference, he stated strongly his discouragement to follow his path. “I’ve learned a lot.” said McGwire.
The crowd waited so eagerly as McGwire appeared from the right door of the stage. Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” was played is full blast as everyone applauded to his old at-bat music as if he just went out on the field about to make his first bat again.
“It’s awesome to be back,” he said before taking questions. “Visiting the [new] ballpark was phenomenal, first time I’ve seen it. It’s going to be a joy to go to the ballpark every day to work. Most importantly I’m just glad they got [construction on Interstate 64] finished. That’s the only reason why I’m coming back, is because they finally fixed it. I told my wife as soon as they fixed it maybe I’ll get lucky and get hired.”