According to Commissioner Bud Selig, he is pleased that Mark McGwire is coming back to Major League Baseball. Selig denoted McGwire as a very fine, fine man. The Cardinals should be applauded, added Selig.

However, according to retired FBI agent Greg Stejskal, McGwire’s employing as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals sent off a negative message.

Stejskal used to be the investigating agent during the major steroids investigation in the early 90s. The investigation presented powerful evidence that McGwire utilized steroids. Both Stejskal and fellow agent Randall received concrete evidence that McGwire was on steroids. Stejskal’s trusted source was no other than McGwire’s steroid provider, Curtis Wenzlaff, a former California resident.

Stejskal worked with fellow retired FBI agent Bill Randall in the early 90s in a steroid probe called “Operation Equine”. The operation revealed further steroids use in gyms and among weightlifters, as well as muscle builders and fitness trainers. Two names from the baseball league came up during the investigations, one was Mark McGwire and the other was his fellow Oakland A player Jose Canseco. More than stopping individual steroids users, Operation Equine was created to capture steroids suppliers and distributors. Operation Equine actually entrapped a net 70 convictions.

From NY Daily News:

Bud Selig said Tuesday that he is “delighted” Mark McGwire is returning to Major League Baseball, in contrast to remarks by a retired FBI agent who said McGwire’s hiring as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals sent a bad message.