Photo of Mark McGwire in Cubs gear is so wrong
Sep 21, 2019; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Athletics former first baseman Mark McGwire gives a speech after being inducted into the Oakland Athletics Hall of Fame before a game against the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports
Baseball fans may be in need of some eye bleach this week.
A photo went viral on social media this week of retired St. Louis Cardinals great Mark McGwire wearing some unexpected attire. McGwire was in the dugout for a Chicago Cubs spring game wearing their team gear.
Take a look at the shot.
Faces in the crowd: Cubs fan Mark McGwire pic.twitter.com/WSdSVGxTBm
— onemillioncubs (@onemillioncubs) March 12, 2024
That is all kinds of wrong for McGwire, who played for the rival Cardinals from 1997-2001. In fact, the signature moment of McGwire’s career (his chase of the MLB single-season home run record in 1998) came in direct opposition to the Cubs — then-Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa was McGwire’s competitor that year.
Of course, McGwire actually has a good reason for rocking with the enemy. His son Mason is a member of the Cubs organization after being selected by the team in the eighth round of the 2022 MLB Draft. But that is still quite a jarring image of the now-60-year-old McGwire, who even almost landed the Cardinals manager job some years ago.
