It was an interesting interview, to say the least. Here's a link for those who are interested;

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7148421&topic_id=7898602

The recent openness of the juicing was in large part due to Canseco's 2005 book. For those of us who followed baseball in the late 80s & early 90s, Canseco was always a loose canon. He was embarrassingly conceited and he didn't come across as terribly bright either. I never cared for the guy and didn't pay too much attention to what ever he was blathering in interviews.

Because of that, I paid little heed to Canseco's tell-all book. To me, it was just more attention-whoring. Funny that looking at it several years later, after all this time, Canseco actually did something that helped the game - albeit, for the wrong reasons.

My point with bringing up Canseco is that I found it interesting that McGwire - while coming clean, giving details, dates, etc, live, on national TV - said Canseco's account of him (McGwire) injecting himself in the bathroom before taking the field is false.

I'm inclined to believe McGwire because at this point I have no reason not to.

I will say, however, that I found it disappointing that McGwire thinks the steroids didn't help him break records. He said it was because of his ability, not the juice. The juice allowed him to play more often than he would have otherwise - that aspect had a direct effect on the records he set & broke.