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ANDRO STRIKES OUT Good thing Mark McGwire stopped taking it. In doses of 300 mg daily, androstenedione, the over-the-counter supplement the slugger used during his record 70-home-run season, can raise testosterone above normal levels and increase blood levels of the female hormone estrogen. Both are potentially hazardous. In men, elevated testosterone may lower good HDL cholesterol; in women, it's linked to beard growth and male-pattern baldness; and in kids, it can cause premature puberty. And elevated estrogen? In guys, that can lead to breast enlargement...
...Louis Blues are doing well in the NHL this year, but they still have to get by the powerful Detroit Red Wings to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Of course, the city does have Mark McGwire, but unless the Cardinals can get some pitching soon--and Kent Bottenfield is not going to cut--the Rams are going to be the only team with a chance to win a league title for a while...
Then Gore took the microphone, which is like being the guy who bats right after Mark McGwire. It would help if somebody would grab that Palm V when Gore isn't looking and type in Social Contract Rule No. 1: don't enunciate every syllable while feigning an intimacy that doesn't exist because it looks as if you think you're speaking to morons...
...Griffey doesn't stay in Seattle, it'd be nice for him to come to St. Louis. Although I'm a self-interested Cardinal fan, how cool would it to have Griffey and Mark McGwire in the same lineup...
...MARK MCGWIRE and SAMMY SOSA It wasn't as exciting the second time around, but it was more impressive. Roger Maris disappeared into a career of poor stats after he broke Babe Ruth's record, but these guys nearly matched their '98 feats, McGwire with 65 homers and Sosa with...