Is Mark McGwire Thinking Comeback?

Mark McGwire hasn't played baseball since 2001, when he could only muster a .187 batting average before his bad legs gave out. Since then, he's become quite the pariah in baseball for his refusal to talk about "the past," and he's disappeared from the limelight. Now, with the tenth anniversary of his breaking of Roger Maris's record coming today, he's been talking about the past quite a bit in St. Louis. While talking about the anniversary with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today, though, he did some talking about the future:

Today, McGwire says, he works out twice a day and still weighs 245 pounds. "I can still hit, if somebody wants me," he said. "Now, wouldn't that be a shocker?"

He's probably kidding. I mean, he's got to be kidding. He'll be 45 on October 1st and he hasn't played competitive ball in eight years. A comeback would probably be disastrous for him. Then again ... can you imagine the rage from Barry Bonds if someone signed Mark McGwire but not him? It'd almost be worth it just to see that.

Naaah. It's not going to happen. If you read that article, Mac comes off as way to normal and well-adjusted to want to put himself through the public wringer that would come from his return to baseball. It's still fun to think about, though.