“A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.” GamesDrugBaseballCloudsHang Over Author:Peter Ueberroth
“Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.” MindCountryMomProudDadDrugBaseballAlcoholYour MomDrugs And AlcoholMom And DadGreat CountryProud Of You Author:Mickey Mantle
“If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.” IfsStillsWould BeDrugBaseballGamblingRehabBusted Author:Pete Rose
“The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and skirt-chasing, White House aides who were stricken cruelly with overweening ambition, movie stars and baseball players who came down with acute cases of wanting to trash hotel rooms while under the influence of recreational drugs. Most of them have found God, or at least a publisher.” ShowsFoundHouseStarsWhiteRoomsCasesPlayerInfluenceSeriousDrugAmbitionBaseballHotelWhite HouseSpellsPublishersChasingMovie StarTrashSkirtsBaseball PlayerCongressmanTalk ShowsHotel RoomsSufferersRecreational Drugs Author:Calvin Trillin
“I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have come out of that. There has been a drug test policy that was been implemented that got the blessings of both the Players Association and MLB. They are trying to maintain the integrity of this sport and trying to get it back, but that cloud I think will hang over a little longer.” ThinkingTryingLittlesHas BeensSportsPlayerPolicyIntegrityBlessingDrugTestsBaseballCloudsAssociationSuspicionPositive ThingsMlbHang Over Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.