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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798194903321

Autore

Corzine Nathan Michael

Titolo

Team chemistry : the history of drugs and alcohol in major league baseball / / Nathan Michael Corzine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-252-09789-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Sport and society

Disciplina

362.29088796357

Soggetti

Baseball - Corrupt practices - United States

Baseball players - Drug use - United States

Doping in sports - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. The last pure place -- PART I. This is your game -- Time in a bottle -- Tobacco road -- Where's the Dexamyl, Doc? -- PART 2. This is your game on drugs -- Pitching around the problem -- This is not just a test -- Summers of the long ball frauds -- Epilogue: Brave new game.

Sommario/riassunto

The hard realities of a game as American as red juice, white lines, and Vida Blue