Biography of mark mcgwire

He received national recognition in as an All-American and was named to the Olympic team, which he led in doubles with thirteen. He also met and married his wife, Kathy, at USC. The marriage ended after three years; the couple had one son, Matthew, who would eventually work as a ball boy for the St. Louis Cardinals during McGwire's tenure with the team.

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McGwire signed with the Oakland Athletics after the season, and the Athletics management saw him as the team's future starting first baseman. In he was given the first baseman's job and proved worthy of his team's faith in him. Because he played little in , the year was considered his rookie year, and he set a rookie-year record of forty-nine home runs.

McGwire followed with seasons of thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-nine home runs, and he proved himself an outstanding fielder as well as a potent hitter, yet was not considered the best player on his team; right fielder Jose Canseco was. Canseco and McGwire became famous as the "Bash Brothers" for banging their forearms on each other after either hit a home run.

Still, McGwire became a favorite of fans, who loved watching his tremendous home runs, which soared farther than seemed humanly possible, and nearly everyone liked his quiet, understated style of play. At six feet, five inches in height and pounds, he might have been expected to be awkward, but he was dazzling at first base, making quick grabs of line drives and diving his full body length to nab ground balls.

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In McGwire's career seemed to be coming unglued. Injuries to his feet and back hampered him, and although he managed to play in games, his play suffered and he hit only twenty-two home runs. Worse, he had only seventy-five runs batted in RBI. Even so, perceptions of his status were actually improving. Canseco began behaving bizarrely in public and was in several scandals involving illegal guns, car wrecks, and confrontations with his estranged wife.