| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Eerily prescient of times to come, this expose examines drug use in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the mid-1980s and one of the biggest drug trials in baseball history. Through a series of exclusive interviews with FBI agents, U.S. attorneys, defence lawyers, journalists, former baseball executives, physicians, and the dealers themselves, the narrative provides a behind-the-scenes look into how the players managed their habits, the effect of the drugs on their athletic performance, and the ruses the players concocted to keep their drug consumption from becoming public knowledge. Among the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
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Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) |
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Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) |
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Baseball -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
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Baseball -- Corrupt practices. |
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United States. |
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Baseball. |
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Baseball -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. |
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Baseball players -- Drug use -- United States.
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Baseball players -- Drug use. |
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Baseball players. |
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Doping in sports -- United States.
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Doping in sports. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Skirboll, Aaron. Pittsburgh cocaine seven. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2010 9781569762882 (DLC) 2010004179 (OCoLC)511621619 |
| ISBN |
9781569767641 (electronic book) |
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1569767645 (electronic book) |
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9781569762882 |
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1569762880 |
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