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020			_a1419753630 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781419753633 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1262965196
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092			_aGOOD, D. _bG646
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100	1		_aGood, Dan, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPlaying through the pain : _bKen Caminiti and the steroids confession that changed baseball forever / _cDan Good.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAbrams Press, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a378 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe powerful story of Ken Caminiti, who changed baseball forever as the first player to confess to having used performance-enhancing steroids
520			_a"The powerful story of Ken Caminiti, who changed baseball forever as the first player to confess to having used performance-enhancing steroids. In Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever, writer Dan Good seeks to make sense of MLB MVP Ken Caminiti's fascinating, troubled life. Good began researching Caminiti in 2012 and conducted his first interviews for his biography in 2013. Since then he's interviewed nearly 400 people, providing him with an exclusive and exhaustive view into Caminiti's addictions, use of steroids, baseball successes, and inner turmoil. Decades later, the full truth about Major League Baseball's steroids era remains elusive, and the story of Caminiti, the player who opened the lid on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball has never been properly told. A gritty third baseman known for his diving stops, cannon arm, and switch-hit power, Caminiti voluntarily admitted in a 2002 Sports Illustrated cover story that he used steroids during his career, including his 1996 MVP season, and guessed that half of the players were using performance-enhancing drugs. "I've made a ton of mistakes," he said. "I don't think using steroids is one of them." Good's on-the-record sources include Caminiti's steroids supplier, who has never come forward, discussing in detail his efforts to set up drug programs for Caminiti and dozens of other MLB players during the late 1990s; people who attended rehab with Caminiti and revealed the secret inner trauma that fueled his addictions; hundreds of Caminiti's baseball teammates and coaches, from Little League to the major leagues, who adored and respected him while struggling to understand how to help him amid a culture that cultivated substance abuse; childhood friends who were drawn to his daring personality, warmth, and athleticism; and the teenager at the center of Caminiti's October 2004 trip to New York City during which he overdosed and died."--Publisher's website.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600	1	0	_aCaminiti, Ken.
650		0	_aBaseball players _vBiography. _991114
650		0	_aBaseball players _xDrug use _zUnited States. _9128437
650		0	_aDoping in sports _zUnited States. _9124499
650		0	_aBaseball _xCorrupt practices _zUnited States. _965122
650		0	_aBaseball _zUnited States _xHistory. _936149
650		0	_aAnabolic steroids. _9124498
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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