The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a Major League Baseball-related cocaine scandal.

Nov 29, 2006 · In mid-May of 1985, two weeks before the grand jury in Pittsburgh handed down its indictments of Strong, McCue, and five others, Commissioner Ueberroth announced …

Sep 21, 1986 · It has been a year since the fall pennant races were sideswiped by baseball’s biggest scandal since the 1919 Black Sox disgraced the sport: The Pittsburgh cocaine trials.

Dec 13, 2021 · The scandal, known as the "Pittsburgh Drug Trials," was one of the biggest in the sport's history. While under oath, Hernandez estimated 40 percent of MLB players used cocaine.

Apr 26, 2012 · Probably the clearest evidence that the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball did not start in the mid-90's with steroids, comes in the form of the Pittsburgh drug …

Feb 25, 2016 · In baseball, the drug trials went far deeper than cocaine; they touched on stimulants, and they hinted at the steroid scandals that were to come.

Apr 30, 2017 · The defendants in the trial were cocaine dealers in the early 80s, but the big story quickly became the testimony of over a dozen active baseball players that admitted to …