ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jordan is rejoined by friend, Grace, to understand the era of steroids scandals in America’s favorite sport! Together, they explore the role performance-enhancing drugs played in Major League Baseball during the early 2000s. Key to this episode: San Francisco Giants star-player, Barry Bonds, Victor Conte, and the Bay Area Lab Co-Operative Scandal, and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's supposed attempts to gain control of the league and its players.
Works Cited
Effect of Steroids in baseball can be found in these links.
Info on Barry Bonds and Greg Anderson’s legal proceedings can be found in these links.
Then the Federal Government got involved!
Bud Selig’s Legacy and his book. NBC SPORTS says he doesn’t deserve your sympathy!
Victor Conte and BALCO – Now & Then
SF CHRONICLE on Bonds, BALCO, and Steroids. More info on PEDs here.
BALCO Fast Facts and Timelines. See also the MLB’s wonky efforts to curb the problem.
