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...know all the casualties: Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Greg Maddux, Cal Ripken Jr., Pedro Martinez, Mark McGwire, Manny Ramirez, Mike Piazza and Alex Rodriguez. Picking the reserves, never an easy job, has been a nightmare for the managers this time, especially for the American League's Joe Torre, who saw one of his own pitchers say very mean things about his manager after Torre didn't pick him for the team...
...survey of more than 1,000 students found kids as early as sixth grade turning to creatine for its supposedly magical powers. That's not hard to believe, considering that such sports heroes as home-run hitters Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have admitted taking the stuff. In the same survey, 44% of high school seniors said they regularly use creatine, mostly to enhance athletic performance, especially in football, wrestling, hockey, gymnastics and lacrosse...
...belief that people have the capacity for fundamental change, whether through selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, rehabilitation or redemption. But we as a culture seem to have an equally vested interest in seeing that our public figures remain the same. Bill Gates represents the prerogative of wealth. Mark McGwire, physical power. Stephen Hawking, pure, disembodied genius. We need a stable iconic currency. What if Dick Clark, the poster child for immutability, suddenly began to degenerate like the portrait of Dorian Gray? We'd be appalled. And none of us really wants our President, Bill Clinton, to change even one iota...
...Musial is barely legible on one dingy yellow ball. Most are bright white, though, including the one signed by both rival sluggers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. There's a case for the totems offered by today's most popular player. "Best of Luck in 2000. Your friend, Mark McGwire" reads a bat and a ball from the St. Louis home-run king...
Furthermore, players in the Senior PGA would greatly benefit from body-altering substances. One complaint from elderly golfers is that they've lost their distance off the tee. What better solution than Mark McGwire's home-run-inducing creatine. With a little muscle candy, Trevino and Palmer will be back to jacking balls well past the 300-yard mark in no time...