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ST. LOUIS -- Mark McGwires first trip to Busch Stadium in a visitors uniform was focused more on his past instead of the homecoming. The Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach and former Cardinals home run king said Monday that his opinion about the penalties Major League Baseball handed down for performance-enhancing drugs is not as important than those of current players. "You know, it really doesnt matter what I think," McGwire said. "I think what matters is what the players think and from what I hear every day in the clubhouse, theyre just happy its coming to an end." Dodgers pitcher Chris Capuano and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez both said new testing procedures are paying off and making it tougher to cheat. "Players have been vocal for some time now about wanting to clean up the game," Capuano said. "Guys are just I think incredulous given how often were tested, how sophisticated our testing is, that there are guys still trying to get around the system and take stuff and cheat. Guys are angry, guys want these guys punished." McGwire admitted in 2010 that used steroids during his career. That announcement came a few months after the Cardinals hired him as hitting coach. McGwire said it was a "tough question" whether he could be considered a trailblazer for PEDs in baseball and he has told players its not worth it. He hit 70 homers in 1998 to shatter Roger Maris record of 61 in 1961. Though hes 10th on the career list with 583 homers, McGwire believes its highly unlikely hell be voted into the Hall of Fame. A large part of the Baseball Writers of Association has taken a zero tolerance stance and he received just 16.9 per cent of the vote last year. "Unfortunately, I dont believe there will be a day that Ill be in and thats OK," McGwire said. "Thats the way things are, Ive dealt with it, Im OK with it." Wholesale Authentic Jerseys . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. 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But a spate of bad news means the four-day vacation cant get here fast enough for the Mets, who are again in danger of losing considerable ground to the Washington Nationals in the National League East.The Mets and Nationals will play the third game of a four-game series Saturday night, when the two division rivals square off at Citi Field.The teams have split the first two games and Washington ensured it would enter the All-Star Break atop the NL East with a 3-1 win Friday night.Weve got two more games to go, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. I just asked the guys, Give me all youve got. Then you can take a break.The loss was just the second in nine games for the Mets, but it was a costly one as their two best players, -- All-Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and All-Star right-handed pitcher Noah Syndergaard left with injuries. Cespedes suffered a right quad strain in the third inning while Syndergaard was pulled due to arm fatigue after 4 2/3 inningsSyndergaard, the Mets ace, exited hours after New York announced Opening Day starter Matt Harvey would undergo season-ending surgery to repair thoracic outlet syndrome.Its hard to walk into this room, because the conversation is about who got hurt tonight, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Im a little tired of talking about it, but that s my job to talk about it. But Im running out of things too say and were running out of bodies.dddddddddddd.Harveys usual turn in the rotation comes up Saturday, when right-hander Logan Verrett steps in and draws the task of going against Nationals ace right-hander Max Scherzer. It will be just the 10th career start for Verrett.We feel for (Harvey), hes a big part of our team, Verrett told reporters Friday. Im excited about the opportunity. I know Im not Matt Harvey. Im Logan Verrett.Scherzer, who was named to the All-Star team Friday as a replacement for teammate Stephen Strasburg, has allowed one run or fewer in five of his last six starts, a stretch in which he has gone 3-2 with a 1.83 ERA to lower his overall ERA from 3.87 to 3.21.On Saturday night, Scherzer will be pitching on the mound where he authored his second no-hitter of the 2015 season last Oct. 3, when he struck out 17, walked none and allowed just one baserunner in a 2-0 win over the Mets.Still, while the pitching matchup appears to favor the Nationals, Baker knows better than to assume anything will come easy in a series in which the first two games have lasted a combined six hours and 56 minutes and a handful of double switches between Baker and Collins.Coming in here, we knew it was a big series, Baker said. You could tell how Terry s managing over there and how we re managing over here that we all know this is a very big series for both teams. ' ' '