Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to JudgmentBaseball is facing a crisis as it is riddled with accusations of steroid and drug abuse, testing, and debates about whether or not records will need to include an asterisk. In attorney David Ezra's new book Asterisk, he explores the public trials of the baseball community and debates questions such as Are accusations of steroid use justified? Or do today's well-trained players, whose teams play in newly constructed ballparks, shatter records because the game has changed? |
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The Price of Arrogance | 1 |
Talent and Hard Work | 27 |
Steroids | 41 |
Copyright | |
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