ht room, most players now lift 8-10 hours a week. Oregon State's head baseball coach, Pat Casey reached his 100th victory last year, the first OSU coach to do so in fewer than 5 years. "Winning isn't something that comes natural. It takes a lot of hard work outside of practice," Casey stated in an OSU publication. Linfield head baseball coach, Carnahan, agrees. He assigns a workout schedule that works all major muscle groups and many minor muscle groups. It's a similar story in the Willamette weight room where players work each body part twice a week. "This could take up to 6 days a week depending on how many body parts they work on a day," said Coach Wong.
             The fact is everybody wants to win. Tough competition and personal desire to win causes a lot of college players in Oregon to take Creatine as a means of boosting their athletic performance. It became a part of NCAA baseball in the middle 1990's when studies showed that Creatine might enhance player capabilities. According to the NCAA Guide Line, Creatine has been found in some laboratory studies to enhance short term, high-intensity exercise capability, delay fatigue and increase strength. Creatine can also increase muscle strength as much as one and one half times quicker than non-users,
             according to the Natural Medicines comprehensive database.
             Although several studies have contradicted the efficiency of Creatine, it has been
             very popular among ball players. One survey conducted by the American College of
             Sports Medicine indicated that 30% of all male collegiate athletes had used Creatine at
             one time. On average, there are 45 players that compete on NCAA baseball teams in Oregon. Of the six NCAA programs in Oregon, four teams reported that nearly half of their players had used Creatine during the season.
             Creatine has produced the kind of results that some players are looking for. A Linfi...