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...Mark McGwire says he wants to be a role model -- he just doesn?t like everybody knowing about it. On Wednesday night, just before hitting his 499th career home run (and 42nd of the season), the Ruth-and-Maris-topping Cardinals slugger casually let it 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...
...Mark McGwire over Sammy Sosa, 70-66, for the new home-run crown at the end of the best baseball season in memory
What does it take to be a major league baseball player? Great hand-eye coordination, lots of power and a bottle of androstenedione or creatine. At least that's what the manufacturers of these dietary supplements would like you to believe. Just look at Mark McGwire, who took both substances last year and cranked out a record 70 home runs. And Sammy Sosa, who took creatine and came in second in the great slugfest of 1998. They must know something the rest...
...blood and 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...
...MARK MCGWIRE Fave drug, andro, won't make you stronger but will give you breasts. He really is Babe Ruth...