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William C. Kashatus - Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse - 9781439914380 - V9781439914380
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Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse

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Description for Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.

Appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs—specifically, anabolic steroids (APEDs)—provide a tempting competitive advantage for amateur baseball players. But this shortcut can exact a fatal cost on talented athletes. In his urgent book Suicide Squeeze, William Kashatus chronicles the experiences of Taylor Hooton and Rob Garibaldi, two promising high school baseball players who abused APEDs in the hopes of attracting professional scouts and Division I recruiters. However, as a result of their steroid abuse, they ended up taking their own lives.

In Suicide Squeeze—named for the high-risk play in baseball to steal home—Kashatus identifies the symptoms and dangers of steroid use among teens. Using ... Read more

A passionate appeal to prevent additional senseless deaths by athletes, Suicide Squeeze is an important contribution to debates on youth and sports and on public policy.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439914380
SKU
V9781439914380
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About William C. Kashatus
William C. Kashatus is a historian, longtime educator, and amateur baseball coach. He is the author of several books on baseball including Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line.

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