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1. Andro -- Mark Mcgwire
   Andro made headlines in 1998 when it was revealed that homerun champ Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals used it as part of his training and strength-building regimen. But researchers have cautioned against the use of the popular supplement. It ... causes a host of health problems, including damage to reproductive organs in men and masculinizing effects in women.
2. Jessica Canseco -- Mark Mcgwire
   In 2005, Canseco admitted to using anabolic steroids in a tell-all book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Canseco ... claimed that up to 85% of major league players took steroids, a figure disputed by many in the game. In the book, Canseco specifically identified former teammates Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Iván Rodríguez, and Juan González as fellow steroid users, and that he injected them. Most of the players named in the book have denied steroid use. Giambi has admitted to steroid use in testimony before a grand jury investigating the BALCO case.
3. Baseball Hall of Fame -- Votes
   President Bush declined to say whether slugger Mark McGwire should be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "I don't have a vote," Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, said in an interview with USA TODAY.
4. Juiced -- Juiced 2
   For those who have marveled at baseball's homoerotic rituals—the butt-slapping, the excessive man-hugs—let Jose Canseco, author of Juiced, add a more intimate encounter. Canseco claims that while he was playing for the Oakland A's in the late 1980s, he and teammate Mark McGwire would lock themselves in a bathroom stall and inject each other with steroids. Pause on that image for a moment. Canseco was 6 feet 4 inches and weighed in the neighborhood of 250 pounds; McGwire was 6 feet 5 inches and adding beef like an Arby's franchise—for the two of them to squeeze into a men's room stall must have presented something of a geometric challenge. Now imagine McGwire gently lowering his uniform pants while Canseco ("I'm a good injector") hovers over his derriere with a syringe, and add the fact that these men are enjoying this ritual immensely, even laughing about it, and there you have an enduring image of the Bash Brothers. Back, back, back, back, back—side!
5. Jessica Canseco -- Games
   Canseco did have a productive season again in 1998, in which he hit 46 home runs and stole 29 bases, the most he had stolen since the 40 he stole in 1988. He was a Blue Jay that year, but his comeback was missed by most fans because of the home run race in the National League between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Canseco then went to Tampa Bay, where he was having a tremendous home run season (34 in 114 games; and was voted an All-Star) when he injured his back and was lost for the season. He was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees down the stretch in 2000, but was not a factor at all in the postseason.
6. Baseball Hall of Fame -- Ballots
   The first elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were held in 1936. Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were given authority to select individuals from the 20th century; while a special Veterans Committee, made up of individuals with greater familiarity with the 19th century game, was polled to select deserving individuals from that era. The intent was for 15 honorees to be selected before the 1939 ceremonies - 10 from the 20th century and 5 from the 19th; additional players from both eras would be selected in later years[1]. Voters were given free rein to decide for themselves in which group a candidate belonged, with neither group knowing the outcome of the other election; some candidates had their vote split between the elections as a result - Cy Young, the winningest pitcher in history, finished 8th in the BBWAA vote and 4th in the Veterans vote. In addition, there was no prohibition on voting for active players, a number of whom received votes. Individuals who had been thrown out of baseball - such as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Hal Chase - were ... not formally excluded, though few voters chose to include them on ballots.
7. Baseball
   Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score [R]uns by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the offense) take turns hitting while the other team (the defense) tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on offense can stop at any of the bases and hope to score on a teammate's hit. The teams switch between offense and defense whenever the team on defense gets three outs. One turn on offense for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game.
8. Tacoma Rainiers
   Seattle's AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, has been part of the Mariners' minor-league system since 1995. However, professional baseball has been played in Tacoma since 1960, when the Tacoma Giants started playing ball. (The team has undergone many name changes since then, settling into its Rainier incarnation when it became affiliated with Seattle in 1995.) During its 43-year existence, Tacoma's team has been a stepping stone for many future hall of famers and all-stars, including Mark McGuire, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Conseco, Gaylord Perry and Dave Stewart. It is ... where many current Mariner stars learned the ropes. Joel Pineiro played in Tacoma, as well as Willie Bloomquist, Ryan Franklin and Gil Meche. Some top prospects in the system now are pitchers Ryan Anderson, Ken Cloude, Brian Foulkenborg and Rafael Soriano; all four are ready to play at the major-league level and are awaiting their opportunity to make it in the big leagues.
9. Andro
   "Andro," or androstenedione, is a steroid; a hormone that is produced in the body by males and females. It is sometimes sold as an over-the-counter nutritional supplement. Andro garnered attention last year when St. Louis Cardinals star hitter Mark McGwire acknowledged using it to help him train. Since then, scientists, doctors, and ethicists have been working to understand the effects of andro on the body. But while many researchers have been concentrating on how andro affects muscles and athletic performance, the UMass group of scientists has focused on what andro does to the brain. The study was conducted through the University's Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, the Neuroscience and Behavior Program, and the department of psychology.
10. Rochester Red Wings
    The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major-league club.

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