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Still no schedule for McGwire news conference

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM

Updated Wednesday, Nov 25 at 3:12 PM

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — It's been a month since the St. Louis Cardinals hired Mark McGwire as batting coach and the former home run king's initial media session has yet to be scheduled.

General manager John Mozeliak, who said on the day McGwire was hired that a news conference would be held "sooner rather than later," was tightlipped Tuesday about the team's plans. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mozeliak said he didn't know of a timetable.

McGwire's news conference has been highly anticipated. He has failed to gain election to the Hall of Fame in three chances despite hitting a then-record 70 home runs in 1998 and retiring with 583 homers in 2001. He famously refused to answer questions about steroids use during a March 2005 congressional hearing.

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