- Cuban Americans, Baseball players, Doping in sports, Sueldos, pensiones
When José Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport--in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power. He shattered the mold of the out-of-shape baseball player and ushered in a new era of superathletes who looked like bodybuilders, made outrageous salaries, and enjoyed rock-star lifestyles.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Jose Canseco
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- William Morrow, Rayo, ReganBooks
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780060843779
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