Editing Mark McGwire (section)

==Personal life==
McGwire's brother [[Dan McGwire]] was a [[quarterback]] for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] and [[Miami Dolphins]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]] in the early 1990s, and was a first-round draft choice out of [[San Diego State University]]. He has another brother, Jay McGwire, a bodybuilder, who wrote a book in 2010 detailing their shared steroid use.<ref>Mark and Me: Mark McGwire and the Truth Behind Baseball's Worst-Kept Secret</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fish |first=Mike |date=February 24, 2010 |title=Book: McGwire's brother shares steroids secrets |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4941099 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927000036/http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4941099 |archive-date=September 27, 2017 |access-date=May 27, 2017 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

McGwire married Stephanie Slemer—a former [[pharmaceutical sales representative]] from the St. Louis area—in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] on April 20, 2002. On June 1, 2010, their triplet girls were born: Monet Rose, Marlo Rose, and Monroe Rose. They join brothers Max and Mason. Mason was drafted by the [[Chicago Cubs]] in the eighth round of the [[2022 MLB draft]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34264653/mason-mcgwire-son-former-st-louis-cardinals-slugger-mark-mcgwire-drafted-8th-round-chicago-cubs | title=Cubs draft son of ex-Cards slugger Mark McGwire | date=July 19, 2022 | access-date=July 19, 2022 | archive-date=July 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719013447/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34264653/mason-mcgwire-son-former-st-louis-cardinals-slugger-mark-mcgwire-drafted-8th-round-chicago-cubs | url-status=live }}</ref> They reside in a [[gated community]] in Shady Canyon, [[Irvine, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|title=A Moorish fantasy in Irvine's Shady Canyon|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 2, 2008|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-re-home2mar02,1,3528751.story|access-date=May 19, 2008|archive-date=May 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505072427/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-re-home2mar02,1,3528751.story|url-status=live}}</ref> Together they created the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children to support agencies that help children who have been sexually and physically abused come to terms with a difficult childhood. Mark has a son, Matthew (b. 1987), from a previous marriage (1984–1990, divorced) to Kathleen Hughes.

Prior to admitting to using steroids, McGwire avoided the media and spent much of his free time playing golf.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?lid=tab1pos1&lpos=spotlight&page=mcgwire&redirected=true |title=ESPN.com – E-Ticket: Fading Away |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107100935/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=mcgwire&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also worked as a hitting coach for Major League players [[Matt Holliday]], [[Bobby Crosby]], [[Chris Duncan]] and [[Skip Schumaker]].<ref>[https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3976320 McGwire Talks About Teaching Hitting]  ESPN.com, March 13, 2009</ref>

McGwire appeared as himself in season 7, episode 13 of the sitcom ''[[Mad About You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638994/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_8 |title=Mad About You—IMDB listing |date=February 22, 1999 |website=imdb.com |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=February 20, 2015 |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815114026/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638994/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

McGwire provided his voice for a 1999 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' titled "[[Brother's Little Helper]]", where he played himself.<ref name="u269">{{cite web | last=Castleman | first=Max | title=I Can’t Promise I’ll Try, But I’ll Try to Try: Reviewing the Past 20 Years of the Simpsons | website=Medium | date=2021-03-23 | url=https://medium.com/i-cant-promise-i-ll-try-but-i-ll-try-to-try/brothers-little-helper-a-new-side-of-bart-526e1cf5c380 | access-date=2024-07-29}}</ref>