Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

The powerful story of Ken Caminiti, who changed baseball forever as the first player to confess to having used performance-enhancing steroidsIn Playing Through the Pain: The Life of Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever, writer Dan Good seeks to make sense of MLB MVP Ken CaminitiÆs fascinating, troubled life. Good began researching Caminiti in 2012 and conducted his first interviews for his biography in 2013. Since then heÆs interviewed nearly 400 people, providing him with an exclusive and exhaustive view into CaminitiÆs addictions, use of steroids, baseball successes, and inner turmoil. Decades later, the full truth about Major League BaseballÆs steroids era remains elusive, and the story of Caminiti, the player who opened the lid on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball has never been properly told. A gritty third baseman known for his diving stops, cannon arm, and switch-hit power, Caminiti voluntarily admitted in a 2002 Sports Illustrated cover story that he used steroi