Authors: Will Carroll, William L. Carroll (With), Alan Schwarz
ISBN-13: 9781566636681, ISBN-10: 156663668X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Baseball is a game that sparks passion, writes Will Carroll, and any attempt to change the game, for almost any reason, meets a nearly universal blockade. The specter that has been presented to fans--that steroids have somehow changed the game--has never been scientifically tested. For me, that's the necessary gold standard of proof, and it should be used with a healthy skepticism for conventional wisdom. The process I went through writing this book was one of discovery. I came into the process with an open mind and a pocket full of questions.
Everyone talks about steroids, but no one knows anything about them. Will Carroll's The Juice is the first step in our education.
Foreword | ||
1 | Defining the issue | 9 |
2 | Profile : the player | 16 |
3 | A brief history of performance-enhancing drugs | 29 |
4 | How steroids work, and what they do to the body | 47 |
5 | The original juice : amphetamines and uppers | 73 |
6 | Supplements, a grey area | 80 |
7 | Profile : the tester | 96 |
8 | A comparison : football's steroids policy | 107 |
9 | Pre-trial commotion : the legal issues of steroids and sports | 116 |
10 | Profile : the student | 138 |
11 | On the horizon : genetic performance enhancement | 146 |
12 | Profile : the creator | 159 |
13 | Those in favor raise their hands | 176 |
14 | Do steroids rewrite the record books? | 201 |