Bugs & Cranks Interview: Steve Wynn of The Baseball Project

Unfortunato...Wynn will not share the detailed formula of his PRECODA system.

B&C: I understand that you had Mark McGwire in mind when you wrote “Broken Man,” but I think it applies to most of the juiced guys of that era. In Baltimore, steroids hit the O’s pretty hard. We saw Rafael Palmeiro pretty much erased as a hero and it’s always struck me more as sad than disgraceful. Can you talk about how you feel today about McGwire? Do you feel differently about him than about others, like Palmeiro or (I gotta ask) Bonds?

Wynn: Well, Scott wrote that song and he completely nailed the hypocrisy of the steroid scandal. Bud Selig (who truly IS the antichrist-don’t get me started) could have shut down the steroid scandal 3 years ago by granting amnesty to the past and laying down impossibly strict rules for the future. But he was having too much fun enjoying the increased revenue that the steroid-infused home run derbies brought to the game. And by the way, you could make a case that the Rangers of the early 90’s were a kind of petri dish for the steroid era (Palmiero! Canseco! Gonzales!). And who was their owner. George W. Bush. Please. Don’t get me started. As for Bonds, I think the Yankees should sign him immediately.

B&C: Will baseball ever be able to come to terms with the steroid era?

Wynn: Baseball is all about statistics. And the steroid era messed with statistics. Which messes with records and the Hall of Fame. What’s that line from “Network?” YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr Selig. And YOU WILL ATONE”