Juiced : wild times, rampant 'roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big /
Canseco, Jose, 1964-
Juiced : wild times, rampant 'roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big / Jose Canseco. - 1st ed. - New York : ReganBooks, c2005. - 290 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport--in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power. He shattered the mold of the out-of-shape baseball player and ushered in a new era of superathletes who looked like bodybuilders, made outrageous salaries, and enjoyed rock-star lifestyles. And the ticket for this ride? Steroids. Canseco cultivated a secret just about everyone in major league baseball knew about, one that would alter the game and the way we view our heroes forever.
0060746408
2005042834
Canseco, Jose, 1964-
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Doping in sports.
Baseball players--Salaries, etc.--United States.
GV865.C313 / A3 2005
796.357/092 B
Juiced : wild times, rampant 'roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big / Jose Canseco. - 1st ed. - New York : ReganBooks, c2005. - 290 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport--in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power. He shattered the mold of the out-of-shape baseball player and ushered in a new era of superathletes who looked like bodybuilders, made outrageous salaries, and enjoyed rock-star lifestyles. And the ticket for this ride? Steroids. Canseco cultivated a secret just about everyone in major league baseball knew about, one that would alter the game and the way we view our heroes forever.
0060746408
2005042834
Canseco, Jose, 1964-
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Doping in sports.
Baseball players--Salaries, etc.--United States.
GV865.C313 / A3 2005
796.357/092 B