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Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems by Will Carroll

Authors: Will Carroll, William L. Carroll (With), Alan Schwarz
ISBN-13: 9781566637206, ISBN-10: 1566637201
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Will Carroll

Book Synopsis

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.

Wall Street Journal - Brandon Wilson

Everyone talks about steroids, but no one knows anything about them. Will Carroll's The Juice is the first step in our education.

Table of Contents

Foreword
1Defining the issue9
2Profile : the player16
3A brief history of performance-enhancing drugs29
4How steroids work, and what they do to the body47
5The original juice : amphetamines and uppers73
6Supplements, a grey area80
7Profile : the tester96
8A comparison : football's steroids policy107
9Pre-trial commotion : the legal issues of steroids and sports116
10Profile : the student138
11On the horizon : genetic performance enhancement146
12Profile : the creator159
13Those in favor raise their hands176
14Do steroids rewrite the record books?201

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