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Cheating has a ripple effect. And in baseball’s steroid era, the lies and rule breaking extended far beyond the stars that sparked the scandal. Players at all levels of the game had to decide if they should use—and reap the benefits—or stay clean. In this hour-long special from Religion of Sports and PRX, we’ll learn how steroids took hold of baseball and meet two men whose choices reveal a story that Major League Baseball would rather forget.
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Cheating has a ripple effect. And in baseball’s steroid era, the lies and rule breaking extended far beyond the stars that sparked the scandal. Players at all levels of the game had to decide if they should use—and reap the benefits—or stay clean. In this hour-long special from Religion of Sports and PRX, we’ll learn how steroids took hold of baseball and meet two men whose choices reveal a story that Major League Baseball would rather forget.
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Transcript
BILLBOARD
JOAN: Hi, I’m Joan Niesen, a sportswriter who’s spent the past year investigating baseball’s steroid era… when home runs were king and star players looked like bodybuilders. It’s all part of Crushed… a podcast series from Religion of Sports and PRX. Over the next hour, I’m going to share some of the stories from the show…
Stan Conte: There’s a great saying in baseball. it’s probably said in every clubhouse every day If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying…
Dan Naulty: I think we all just generally understood this was wrong. And you were stealing people’s jobs.
Mike Trombley: once you were in that washing machine, that bubble, you make some decisions that you kind of regret.
JOAN: What I learned changed my perspective on performance-enhancing drugs… and the people who used them.
Jeremy Cummings: I was a moral person, wasn't trying to cheat. // And I broke.
JOAN: Thi...
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Timing and Cues
0:00 - 1:00 Billboard
IN: (:02 music) + "Hi, I'm Joan Niesen.."
OUT: "stay tuned" + (:01 music)
1:00 - 6:00 News Hole
(theme music provided if needed)
6:00 - 20:20 Seg A
IN: (:04 music) + "In all great love stories..."
OUT: "..I’m Joan Niesen. We’ll be back."
20:20 - 21:20 Break 1
(music provided if needed)
21:20 - 42:05 Seg B
IN: "Welcome back. You're listening..."
OUT: "..I’m Joan Niesen. We’ll be back."
42:05 - 43:05 Break 2
(music provided if needed)
43:05 - 59:00 Seg C
IN: (:02 music) + "Steroids got Dan Naulty where he'd always wanted to go.."
OUT: "Thanks for listening." + (:10 music) + (:04 PRX sonic ID)
Additional Credits
Crushed is written and reported by Joan Niesen. Jessica Pupovac is our senior producer. Our associate producer is Devon Manze and our production assistant is Meghan Coyle. Michael Garofalo is our editor. Jane Ackermann fact-checked the series. Special thanks to Lisa Pollack, and to composer Michael Kramer. Gotham Chopra, Ameeth Sankaran and Adam Schlossman are our executive producers. Special thanks to Lisa Pollack, and to composer Michael Kramer.
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