Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big
by Jose Canseco
List Price:
Our Price: $0.01
You Save: $15.98 (100%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Jose CansecoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-28
ISBN: 0060746416
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: It Books
Book Reviews of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big
Book Review: "Insightful!" reviewed by former minor leaguer turned writer
Summary: 4 Stars
This book sort of feels like the masked magician who on national television revealed the secrets behind many mesmerizing magic tricks. I definitely have mixed emotions. On one hand, I find it very interesting, but, of course, then I am left with the disappointment to sift through.
In 1986, I was nine when my dad took me to Milwaukee County Stadium to see the up and coming Jose Canseco for the first time. We went to see the Milwaukee Brewers battle the Oakland A's, but we also went early and stayed late to try to catch Canseco in the players parking lot for an autograph. We got it! I'll never forget seeing him in street clothes and seeing his bulging (shaved, nonetheless) forearms for the first time. I'm glad this book confirms that what I saw was not natural. Ever since I was a kid, I aspired to become a Major Leaguer. My teen and early twenty years, I put in countless of hours of training in the weight room but my arms never got anywhere near what I saw that afternoon in 1986. I was drafted by the California Angels in 1995 and released from the team in 1996. I never touched the steroids, and unfortunately many players did. I sometimes wonder what my chances of making it to the show would have been if I competed in an even playing field, or if I decided to take the roids myself. I am glad I never gave in to the temptations, but I understand firsthand how a player who is willing to do whatever it takes to make it to the Major Leagues can easily fall victim to these dangerous drugs. It's good to know baseball is currently in rehab.
Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Memoirs Books
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Centuryby Hunter S. Thompson
Penguin Books, Limited (UK); Published: 2008-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.11
Price in other shops:
Never Have Your Dog Stuffedby Alan Alda
Arrow Books; Published: 2007-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops:
The Hunger: A Story of Food, Desire, and Ambitionby John DeLucie, Graydon Carter
Ecco; Published: 2009-05-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.63
Price in other shops:
Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Unitsby Aaron Cohen, Douglas Century
Ecco; Published: 2008-04-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops:
Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survivalby Carmina Salcido, Steve Jackson
William Morrow; Published: 2009-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Unlocked: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insiderby Louis Ferrante
Harper Perennial; Published: 2009-02-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops:
Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacherby William Zinsser
Harper; Published: 2009-05-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.09
Price in other shops:
Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and Kornby Fieldy
William Morrow; Published: 2009-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.98
Price in other shops:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
Harper Perennial; Published: 2008-04-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.14
Price in other shops:
The Ride of My Lifeby Mat Hoffman
It Books; Published: 2003-09-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.95
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America's True Drug Addictionby Shaun Assael
ESPN; Published: 2007-10-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.96
Price in other shops:
The Jordan Rulesby Sam Smith
Pocket Books; Published: 1993-01-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.01
Price in other shops:
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Backby Josh Hamilton
FaithWords; Published: 2010-04-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops:
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Gameby Michael Lewis
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2004-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.69
Price in other shops:
Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseballby Jose Canseco
Gallery Books; Published: 2008-03-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.40
Price in other shops:
Perfect I'm Not : Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseballby David Wells, Chris Kreski
Published: 2004-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.62
Price in other shops:
Ball Fourby Jim Bouton
Wiley; Published: 1990-07-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.24
Price in other shops:
Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseballby Jose Canseco
Gallery Books; Published: 2009-03-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.31
Price in other shops:
Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseballby Jose Canseco
Gallery; Published: 2009-03-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sportsby Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams
Gotham; Published: 2007-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.89
Price in other shops: