On cue, Mark McGwire has slipped back into baseball

NY Times, 3/12/09: "The voice on the other end of the line, as enthused as a rookie’s after the first day of spring training, belonged to Mark McGwire. He was calling from California on Thursday to talk about

• his rebirth as a hitting instructor." from article, "Mark McGwire Discusses Hitting Instructor Role" (later the article mentions McGwire was calling in response to a reporter's question).

8/1/08, Beefy homerun hitters welcomed back by MLB, posted on this blog in response to a promo about McGwire running on XM MLB Channel 175. (Promo said,

• "HOW MUCH MORE CAN YOU GIVE US BIG MAC, NUMBER 70!!!" As soon as I heard it, I knew the skids were greased for his return). sm

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