Missouri senate votes to rename Mark McGwire Highway

• As Bud Selig 'eases' Mark McGwire back into the big time, the state of Missouri takes an opposite course. The Missouri State Senate voted unanimously Monday to remove McGwire's name from a section of interstate highway. The measure now awaits a House vote:

"A stretch of Interstate 70 in St. Louis was designated the Mark McGwire Highway in 1999,

• one year after the Cardinals slugger hit a then-record 70 home runs.

But McGwire has now admitted he used steroids,

• and the state Senate voted unanimously Monday

to rename the section of interstate the Mark Twain Highway. The measure now goes to the House."...

• One senator "...says it might be wise to name roads only for the deceased, because they can't do
• something worth changing the name over one day."...

AP report, 3/2/10, "Missouri Senate votes to rename Mark McGwire Highway in St. Louis"

• Tightly coordinated public relations efforts reportedly were behind every detail of McGwire's so-called confession. McGwire could have made his confession in a different way or not timed with a new job, but chose not to. ed.

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