Georgia Lawyer, Nick Garcia Cracks Baseball Steroid Mystery 9 Days before Mitchell Report
"A Very Big League Of Their Own" Delves Even Deeper Into
Baseball's Steroid History
The "Freakonomics" of Baseball
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--"A Very Big League of Their Own," written by Georgia lawyer Nick
Garcia, was released on Tuesday, December 4, nine days before The
Mitchell Report - yet his book came to many of the same conclusions
and named many of the same players - all based on his own statistical
analysis. Garcia's book revealed much of what many baseball fans
already knew: Major League Baseball has had a very long history of
steroid use, but Garcia says his research shows the use of
performance-enhancing drugs could go back as far as 1961 and may have
involved iconic names such as Cal Ripken, Ken Griffey Jr., Curt
Schilling and Nolan Ryan. He even traces steroid use back to the first
admitted user ever, who will shock everyone.
Garcia also alleges that MLB conducted a multi-year
steroid-testing policy and enforcement that resulted in racially
uneven disciplinary measures. He backs that up with statistical data,
including that in 2005, sixty percent of MLB players were white, but
since then MLB has suspended 16 minorities and only two white players
for testing positive for steroids.
A lawyer, baseball junkie and statistics guru, Garcia employs his
Theory of Roidactivity to reveal incredible spikes in the stats of
players who have been implicated with steroid use. The book, which is
available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and at BooksAMillion.com,
takes readers into the shocking truths of MLB and into the dark
secrets held by many of America's baseball idols. Garcia is well
versed in his research and proof - and he lays it all on the line.
Former Senator George Mitchell's 409-page report, released
Thursday, describes in detail performance-enhancing drugs throughout
America's pastime - abuse that was ignored by players, commissioners
and coaches throughout the major leagues.
Garcia's book came to many of the same conclusions as did
Mitchell's report, but he goes back further - as far back as 1961 -
and raises suspicion with some of the major icons of the game such as
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, Cal Ripken Jr., Ken Griffey Jr. and Joe
Morgan.
Garcia was born in Key West, Florida in 1968. He attended
Vanderbilt University, received a B.S. in accounting from Auburn
University and a law degree from Georgia State University. He
currently lives and works in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Garcia is available this weekend and next week for interviews. For
a direct link to Garcia's personal website go to
http://www.averybigleagueoftheirown.com. You can buy and download the
book at the publisher's website at
http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-60247-808-4.
Please contact Garcia on his cell phone at 678.634.4787.
Schroder Public Relations
Chris Schroder, 404-872-7289, ext. 13
cell: 404-918-0288
chris@schroderpr.com
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