Playing Through the Pain
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Playing Through the Pain

Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

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  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Playing Through the Pain

Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

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About this book

The powerful storyof an essential baseball life 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.

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Information

Publisher
Abrams Press
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781647002565
Edition
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Batman
  7. Chapter 2: The Valley of Heart’s Delight
  8. Chapter 3: (Not So) Big Man on Campus
  9. Chapter 4: College Try
  10. Chapter 5: Red, White, and Blue
  11. Chapter 6: Bus Rides and Empty Ballparks
  12. Chapter 7: Houston, We Have Liftoff
  13. Chapter 8: Down
  14. Chapter 9: Winter Ball
  15. Chapter 10: Job Security
  16. Chapter 11: Feel the Heat
  17. Chapter 12: Fresh Faces
  18. Chapter 13: Long Road
  19. Chapter 14: Earthquake
  20. Chapter 15: Strike, You’re Out
  21. Chapter 16: New Beginnings
  22. Chapter 17: Getting a Boost
  23. Chapter 18: Legend
  24. Chapter 19: Planes, Sprains, and Automobiles
  25. Chapter 20: TG
  26. Chapter 21: Capture the Flag
  27. Chapter 22: Falling Down
  28. Chapter 23: Moving On
  29. Chapter 24: Warning Signs
  30. Chapter 25: Old Dog
  31. Chapter 26: Lost and Found
  32. Chapter 27: The Truth Will Set You Free
  33. Chapter 28: Relapse
  34. Chapter 29: Greatest Day
  35. Chapter 30: The End
  36. Epilogue
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. Note on Sources
  39. Index of Searchable Terms