Juicing the Game : Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball

by Bryant, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780452287419
• ISBN10: 0452287413
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

In Juicing the Game, award-winning journalist Howard Bryant offers the only big-picture look at the insidious manner in which performance-enhancing drugs infested baseball as the game’s leaders stood idly by, reaping the rewards.Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism with interviews with baseball heavyweights such as Jason Giambi, Commissioner Bud Selig, union head Donald Fehr, and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson among many others, Juicing the Gameis the definitive book on both the steroid scandal and the era it has irreversibly tainted. BACKCOVER: A rich and measured tale of the last dishonest decade . . . No more comprehensive, balanced or fair account exists. Bryant carefully and powerfully builds his case. The self-inflicted catastrophe could have no better chronicler.” —Los Angeles Times If there ever was a ‘must read’ sports book of its time, this is it. Because of the undeniable truths it tells, Bryant’s book is essential reading.” —The Washington Post Book World

Author Biography

HOWARD BRYANT writes a sports column for the Boston Herald. His first book, Shut Out:A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston,won the Casey Award for the Best Baseball Book of 2002 and was a finalist for the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research.