The Missouri Senate, “voted unanimously Monday to rename the [Mark McGwire] section of interstate the Mark Twain Highway. The measure now goes to the House.”

A stretch of Interstate 70 in St. Louis was designated the Mark McGwire Highway in 1999, one year after the Cardinals slugger hit a then-record 70 home runs.

Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer of Columbia asked if those getting the honors were alive or dead. Schaefer says it might be wise to name roads only for the deceased, because they can’t do something worth changing the name over one day.

Schaefer wins the award for common sense. Even without the issue of steroids, it always seemed silly to name a road after McGwire who, at the time of the naming, certainly wasn’t dead, or retired– or even forty.

For the record, I don’t think McGwire is going to lose any sleep over this. He is working hard in his new job as batting coach for the Cardinals.