{"product_id":"juicing-the-game-isbn-9780452287419","title":"Juicing the Game","description":"In \u003ci\u003eJuicing the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Howard Bryant offers the only big-picture look at the insidious manner in which performance-enhancing drugs infested baseball as the game’s leaders stood idly by, reaping the rewards.\u003cp\u003eCombining hard-hitting investigative journalism with interviews with baseball heavyweights such as Jason Giambi, Commissioner Bud Selig, union head Donald Fehr, and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson among many others, \u003ci\u003eJuicing the Game\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive book on both the steroid scandal and the era it has irreversibly tainted. BACKCOVER: “A rich and measured tale of the last dishonest decade . . . No more comprehensive, balanced or fair account exists. Bryant carefully and powerfully builds his case. The self-inflicted catastrophe could have no better chronicler.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If there ever was a ‘must read’ sports book of its time, this is it. Because of the undeniable truths it tells, Bryant’s book is essential reading.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Bryant \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Society for American Baseball Research’s 2003 Seymour Medal, and\u003ci\u003e Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a senior writer for\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eESPN.com and\u003ci\u003e ESPN the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; appears regularly on ESPN’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sports Reporters, ESPN First Take, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Outside the Lines\u003c\/i\u003e; and serves as sports correspondent for NPR’s\u003ci\u003e Weekend Edition Saturday. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in western Massachusetts.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299827929317,"sku":"NP9780452287419","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452287419.jpg?v=1767730523","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/juicing-the-game-isbn-9780452287419","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}