Report: Viagra May Provide Baseball Players On-Field Edge

There is nothing better than pitching your own tent at short-stop with two outs-two on in the bottom of the 9th!

The Daily News in New York reported Tuesday that Viagra has become a popular pick-me-up for athletes looking for an edge on the field and perhaps some frisky behavior off of it.

Citing a source familiar with the New York Yankees clubhouse, the paper said Roger Clemens stashed the diamond-shaped pills in a vitamin bottle in his locker, perhaps keeping the drug undercover to avoid the inevitable wisecracks.

But the veteran pitcher wasn’t alone. He’s among the numerous athletes who have turned Vitamin V and its over-the-counter substitutes into one of the hottest drugs in locker rooms. The drug is so widely used now that it has drawn the attention of anti-doping officials.

“All my athletes took it,” BALCO founder Victor Conte said of an over-the-counter supplement he claimed mimicked Viagra. “It’s bigger than creatine. It’s the biggest product in nutritional supplements.”