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Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight Against Teenage Steroid Abuse.
・ISBN 978-1-4399-1438-0 hard US$ 35.00
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| 著者・編者 | Kashatus, William C., |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (Temple University Press,U.S., US) |
| 出版年月 | 2017 |
| ページ数 | 256 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A01-42483＞ |
解説
Appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs-specifically, anabolic steroids (APEDs)-provide a tempting competitive advantage for amateur baseball players. But this shortcut can exact a fatal cost on talented athletes. In his urgent book Suicide Squeeze, William Kashatus chronicles the experiences of Taylor Hooton and Rob Garibaldi, two promising high school baseball players who abused APEDs in the hopes of attracting professional scouts and Division I recruiters. However, as a result of their steroid abuse, they ended up taking their own lives.
In Suicide Squeeze-named for the high-risk play in baseball to steal home-Kashatus identifies the symptoms and dangers of steroid use among teens. Using archival research and interviews with the Hooton and Garibaldi families, he explores the lives and deaths of these two troubled young men, the impact of their suicides on MLB, and the ongoing fight against adolescent APED use by their parents.
A passionate appeal to prevent additional senseless deaths by athletes, Suicide Squeeze is an important contribution to debates on youth and sports and on public policy.