peter ueberroth
Throwback Thursday: The Pittsburgh Drug Trials Bring the Drug War to MLB
Commissioner Peter Ueberroth's 1986 suspension and sanctioning of multiple MLB players for cocaine use in the wake of a Pittsburgh narcotics investigation and trial marked the beginning of the War on Drugs, for both sports and American society.
The Shortest Labor Stoppage in U.S. Sports History
Baseball's two-day strike in 1985 led to later labor unrest.
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