Title The Pittsburgh cocaine seven : how a ragtag group of fans took the fall for major league baseball / Aaron Skirboll.

Publication Info.	Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (277 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
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.
Subject	Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
	Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
	Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) (OCoLC)fst00547812
	Baseball -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
	Baseball -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
	Baseball players -- Drug use -- United States.
	Doping in sports -- United States.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Essays & Writings.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Statistics.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
	Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
	Baseball -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00827916
	Baseball players -- Drug use. (OCoLC)fst00828012
	Doping in sports. (OCoLC)fst00896938
	Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. (OCoLC)fst01205171
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
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 bk.)
	1569767645 (electronic bk.)

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