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Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball
Nathan Michael Corzine
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Description for Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VFJK; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
In 2007, the Mitchell Report shocked traditionalists who were appalled that drugs had corrupted the "pure" game of baseball. Nathan Corzine rescues the story of baseball's relationship with drugs from the sepia-toned tyranny of such myths. In Team Chemistry , he reveals a game splashed with spilled whiskey and tobacco stains from the day the first pitch was thrown. Indeed, throughout the game's history, stars and scrubs alike partook of a pharmacopeia that helped them stay on the field and cope off of it:
In 2007, the Mitchell Report shocked traditionalists who were appalled that drugs had corrupted the "pure" game of baseball. Nathan Corzine rescues the story of baseball's relationship with drugs from the sepia-toned tyranny of such myths. In Team Chemistry , he reveals a game splashed with spilled whiskey and tobacco stains from the day the first pitch was thrown. Indeed, throughout the game's history, stars and scrubs alike partook of a pharmacopeia that helped them stay on the field and cope off of it:
- In 1889, Pud Galvin tried a testosterone-derived "elixir" to help him pile up some of his ... Read more
- Sandy Koufax needed Codeine and an anti-inflammatory used on horses to pitch through his late-career elbow woes.
- Players returning from World War II mainstreamed the use of the amphetamines they had used as servicemen.
- Vida Blue invited teammates to cocaine parties, Tim Raines used it to stay awake on the bench, and Will McEnaney snorted it between innings.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Sport and Society
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252039799
SKU
V9780252039799
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About Nathan Michael Corzine
Nathan Michael Corzine is an instructor in history at Coastal Carolina Community College.
Reviews for Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball
"Stimulating. Clearly the most comprehensive 'baseball and drugs' book that I've read or am aware of. There are other books that cover specific scandals, such as BALCO, but none that dig as deeply into the history of the relationship between baseball and drugs."
Mitchell Nathanson, author of A People's History of Baseball "Nathan Michael Corzine goes past the mythology and digs ... Read more
Mitchell Nathanson, author of A People's History of Baseball "Nathan Michael Corzine goes past the mythology and digs ... Read more