Mark McGwire says it 'seems like' baseball stars linked to steroid scandal being treated unfairly

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The summer of 1998 was a pretty good time to be a baseball fan.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were slugging home runs at a historic rate, the New York Yankees were closing in on a 114-win season and the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays were embarking on their first seasons. Baseball was hot.

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Mark McGwire, #25 of the St. Louis Cardinals, acknowledges the fans after hitting his 70th home run of the season during a game against the Montreal Expos at the Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Getty Images)

However, the floodgates burst open years later when McGwire, Sosa, and later Barry Bonds, were engulfed in a steroids scandal. Now, the records they set are considered to be tainted by some or come with an asterisk by others. All three players fell off the Hall of Fame ballot with their only way in now is through the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee.

On the outside looking in at Cooperstown, the former St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland Athletics slugger appeared on "Legends Territory" on Wednesday. Host A.J. Pierzynski asked if the group of people who were engulfed in the scandal were being unfairly punished.

"It seems like it. That’s what it is," McGwire said. "I think I heard Barry say it the other day. There was no rules, there was no regulations. Believe me, trust me, if there was any rules in place, that stuff would’ve never happened. There was no testing. There no nothing.

Mark McGwire bats against the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium on Sept. 23, 1998 in St. Louis. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

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