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This discussion gained even more traction with the publication of José Canseco’s book, Juiced, in which he detailed his own steroid use and named some of his former teammates and rivals as users. Canseco’s revelations about the rampant use of steroids in baseball ignited a firestorm of controversy that would have lasting implications for the sport.

Unraveling the Steroid Web

Through the late 1990s, as the use of performance-enhancing drugs became more widely acknowledged, baseball began to confront the growing epidemic. Major League Baseball's lax stance towards steroid use—which was not officially prohibited until 1991—resulted in a culture where many players felt compelled to use these substances to compete at the highest level.