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- A fair & objective analysis of a complicated subject
Howard Bryant is a talented and tireless journalist. His book, "Juicing the Game; Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball," is a fair and objective analysis of a complicated subject. It is also the most comprehensive book to date about the sensitive subject of steroids and its enormous impact on our treasured national pastime.
The author is also a teacher. He reports important historical baseball information that is critical to understanding the complexities of the crisis today. In particular, he properly dissects the semi-explosive variables that make for a tense relationship between the major league baseball owners and the powerful players union. The owner/union behavior pattern is a key factor in understanding why steroids have been allowed to enter the game.
Bryant demonstrates how players can enhance two elements critical to a hitter...speed & strength. In other words..."the science lab has found its way into baseball," according to the author. The book carefully explains how creatine, androstenedione and anabolic steroids are eating at the game's core. The presence of these drugs have baseball purists coast-to-coast livid that "cheaters" are destroying legendary home run records.
Before 1995, just eleven baseball players in the history of the game reached the magic number of 50 home runs. In 1996, Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles hit 50, he had never hit more than 21 in a single season. Moreover, the 1996 Orioles shattered the storied 1961 New York Yankees (Maris & Mantle) team home run record of 247. Bryant explains that owners and players across the board raised eyebrows...but that as long as the ball clearing the fence brought back fans after the unpopular 1994 strike (that canceled the World Series for the first time)...little was done to correct the problem.
Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco, and Ken Caminiti are all given the glare of Bryant's journalistic investigation...and it "ain't" pretty. However it is the leadership of baseball...the owners that the author ultimately ends up pointing the finger of blame for putting profits ahead of the health of the institution. This is a brilliant book that patiently explains how, "Popeye is spiking his spinach." Highly recommended.
Bert Ruiz
- A fair & objective analysis of a complicated subjectHoward Bryant is a talented and tireless journalist. His book, "Juicing the Game; Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball," is a fair and objective analysis of a complicated subject. It is also the most comprehensive book to date about the sensitive subject of steroids and its enormous impact on our treasured national pastime.
The author is also a teacher. He reports important historical baseball information that is critical to understanding the complexities of the crisis today. In particular, he properly dissects the semi-explosive variables that make for a tense relationship between the major league baseball owners and the powerful players union. The owner/union behavior pattern is a key factor in understanding why steroids have been allowed to enter the game.
Bryant demonstrates how players can enhance two elements critical to a hitter...speed & strength. In other words..."the science lab has found its way into baseball," according to the author. The book carefully explains how creatine, androstenedione and anabolic steroids are eating at the game's core. The presence of these drugs have baseball purists coast-to-coast livid that "cheaters" are destroying legendary home run records.
Before 1995, just eleven baseball players in the history of the game reached the magic number of 50 home runs. In 1996, Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles hit 50, he had never hit more than 21 in a single season. Moreover, the 1996 Orioles shattered the storied 1961 New York Yankees (Maris & Mantle) team home run record of 247. Bryant explains that owners and players across the board raised eyebrows...but that as long as the ball clearing the fence brought back fans after the unpopular 1994 strike (that canceled the World Series for the first time)...little was done to correct the problem.
Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco, and Ken Caminiti are all given the glare of Bryant's journalistic investigation...and it "ain't" pretty. However it is the leadership of baseball...the owners that the author ultimately ends up pointing the finger of blame for putting profits ahead of the health of the institution. This is a brilliant book that patiently explains how, "Popeye is spiking his spinach." Highly recommended.
Bert Ruiz
