I also looked up to see whether androstenedione, the stuff Mark McGuire admitted to taking, was effective. That also did not work. See the link: http://www.thecureforheartdisease.com/owen/andro.html

Testosterone and its synthetic equivalents does work to increase muscle mass and its performance, so the media is not totally off its rocker. But I just found it interesting that with all the media hysteria about HGH, andro, and cheating, no one in the media bothered to see if these substances actually worked.

Do you want to pay good money to see mediocre performances?

Cheating is defined by the rules of the game.

Do you want to see Bonds hit the ball a million miles?
Do you want to see Clemens mow done batters?
Do you want to see [inset favourite shortstop] peg out the runner from deep in the hole?

If you don\’t want to see this, please invite me to you team\’s training camp.

I am positive that as 50 year old, never none performance enhancing medicine, I can make the team.

I cannot hit; I cannot pitch; and I rarely throw out runners as a catcher.

You must be thrilled looking forward to my mediocrity.

If one is opposed to an outright ban on synthetic enhancements, then it\’d seem that separate leagues – predicated on supplementals or not – would have fairer alternative than to settle for mismatches.

Remember the Miracle on Ice? It\’s my favorite sports memory. If I found out that victory over the Russians was fake and created in a lab rather than through the determination of those players, I would feel like a fool. It was an inspiring moment of human (not chemical) achievment. If games are not on the level, I want nothing to do with them.