The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems

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Will Carroll, an acknowledged authority on baseball conditioning and injuries, calls for a scientific, reasoned approach to the steroids problem. He first explains the science of steroids and other drugs, describes how athletes are tested, considers the scientific evidence of effects and side effects, and, most important, analyzes whether and how these drugs impact the game.

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He explains the science...and, most importantly, analyzes whether and how these drugs affect the game. * Newswise.com *
The answers are here in Carroll's well-researched, fact-filled book. * The San Diego Union-Tribune *
An indispensable guide to today's controversies. * Newsweek *
Carroll lays out a small wealth of data, compressed into simple enough terms, to inform the reader what steroids are [and] what they are not. -- Jeff Kallman
Anyone who knows Will Carroll, or who has read his writings for Baseball Prospectus, knows he cares deeply about the game of baseball. It is the very reason he has authored The Juice. Wills book will help those in the game, and the fans who follow the game, understand the issues of a problem that needs to be faced before it can disappear. -- Fred Claire, former L.A. Dodger Executive VP and author of Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue
Will Carroll does a simple, brilliant thing in this book: He asks questions...and he goes about answering them, in a deliberate, curious, and rational way. His prose is clean and his aim is true, and in one fell swoop hes raised the level of debate about steroids in this country. ...From now on, if a person wants to pontificate on the question, hed better have read The Juice first. And if a person hopes to speak intelligently about how performance-enhancing drugs affect the games we play and the sports we follow, she will have certainly read The Juice. -- Eric Neel, ESPN
The Juice is a great resource for information on the history and presence of banned and illegal performance enhancers in sports. Will Carrolls work really is a baseball book (on steroids)! -- Tom House
It's brimming with cold-eyed analysis, digestible science and shoe-leather journalism. No histrionics, no agenda; just an exhaustive look at steroids and what they mean for the game. Its the most important work of its kind. -- Dayn Perry, FOX Sports
Eye opening! This is an important book for everyone who influences young athletes. The Juice is an objective look at the world of performance enhancement drugs today and tomorrow. -- Karl Kuehl
Everyone talks about steroids, but no one knows anything about them. Will Carrolls The Juice is the first step in our education. -- Allen Barra, author of Inventing Wyatt Earp, his Life and Many Legends * The Wall Street Journal *
Theres a difference between thinking critically and criticizing, and Will Carroll demonstrates that throughout the text. The Juice is a must-read for legislators, sports administrators, educators, lawyers, doctors, journalists, athletes of all levels, and fans. -- Will Weiss, Senior Editor, YESNetwork.com
Stop! Dont say another word about steroids until youve read The Juice. -- Rob Neyer, ESPN
Will Carrolls The Juice fills the yawning educational gap that exists in discussions on the topic. Are steroids in baseball a real problem Absolutely, but if you want to have an intelligent conversation about them, make sure you first read The Juice. -- Jeff Erickson, Rotowire
A good job of showing why the situation involving performance enhancing drugs is more complicated than you might think. -- Ben Adler * New Republic *
A fascinating new book. * ESPN the Magazine *
Our education has begun.... Carroll...sifts through facts and myths and helps understand the layers of performance enhancements. -- Peter Gammons * ESPN the Magazine *
Riveting...tremendously important: spelling out the complex arguments and issues regarding baseball and drug use.... A blessedly blatherfree book. -- Daniel Brown * Mercury News *
A professional and insightful approach to defining the ramifications of steroid usage as it applies to playing the sport of baseball. -- Bernie Gilmer * Sports Ramblings *
Intriguing detail. -- Art Thiel * Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
A dose of enlightenment. -- Brandon Wilson * Baseballmuse.Com *
A must for any involved in the sport's finer issues. * Bookwatch *
This book...is a great example of how to objectively examine a subject. -- Greg Hack * Kansas City Star *
Riveting. -- Leo Roth * Democrat & Chronicle *
Engaging reading. -- Russ Smith * New York Sun *
One of the more important baseball and sports books written this decade. * Royalsreview.Com *

Author Bio

Will Carroll writes for Baseball Prospectus and is the author of Saving the Pitcher, a revolutionary book about preventing pitching injuries that has been widely applauded. His father, Dr. William Carroll, is a former athletic trainer in professional sports and a respected sports medicine educator. Will Carroll lives in Indianapolis, and William L. Carroll lives in Mobile, AL.