Two Small Balls and One Strike Against Jose

Is it really a crime for a man to try to fix the shrinking effects of steroid use? If it involves smuggling drugs across the Mexican border, the answer is si.

Baseball's most famous 'roid head, Jose Canseco, was charged today in a U.S. Federal court in SoCal on one count of misdemeanor transport of misbranded medication.

Canseco was allegedly trying to smuggle Spanish-labeled vials of HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) through a border patrol checkpoint in San Diego last week.

Jose returns to court on Nov. 4 -- until then, we advise him to see a shrink.