{"product_id":"suicide-squeeze-william-c-kashatus-9781439914380","title":"Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight Against Teenage Steroid Abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003eAppearance- 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 \u003ci\u003eSuicide Squeeze\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSuicide Squeeze\u003c\/i\u003e--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA passionate appeal to prevent additional senseless deaths by athletes, \u003ci\u003eSuicide Squeeze\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to debates on youth and sports and on public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William C. Kashatus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439914389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439914380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"William C. Kashatus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065587282175,"sku":"9781439914380","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba85dc04-3a4c-4ea7-971e-05631c54abdc.jpg?v=1768675958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/suicide-squeeze-william-c-kashatus-9781439914380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}