Word: home-run
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...drop to a few gathered reporters that oh, by the way, he quit taking Andro four months ago. A year ago, McGwire?s admission that he used the dietary supplement ignited not only sales of the iffy, supposedly muscle-building potion but a firestorm of controversy over his home-run record and his fitness as a role model. Now McGwire had quit, he said, because "Young kids take it because of me. I don't like that." Excuse me, slugger, but how were the young people supposed to know you?d stopped popping if you don?t break the news...
Henry ("Hank") Aaron holds the major league career home-run record (755) and works for the Atlanta Braves organization...
...Mark McGwire over Sammy Sosa, 70-66, for the new home-run crown at the end of the best baseball season in memory
...decreased levels of HDL, or "good" cholesterol, by 12%. Moreover, andro did not help test subjects build muscle mass at all. Scientists want to do more research to be sure, but right now it looks as though all that androstenedione consumed by would-be sluggers after McGwire broke the home-run record may have been taken in vain...
...younger players showed up to pay him tribute. At the time, I was 41 home runs short of Babe Ruth's career record, and when Jackie died, I really felt that it was up to me to keep his dream alive. I was inspired to dedicate my home-run record to the same great cause to which Jackie dedicated his life. I'm still inspired by Jackie Robinson. Hardly a day goes by that I don't think...