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The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a Major League Baseball-related cocaine scandal. Several current and former members of the Pittsburgh Pirates — Dale Berra, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli, John Milner, Dave Parker, and Rod Scurry — and other notable major league players — Willie Mays Aikens, Vida Blue, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, and Lonnie Smith — were called before a Pittsburgh grand jury. Their testimony led to the drug trials, which made national headlines in September 1985. Eleven players were officially suspended, but all the suspensions were commuted in exchange for fines, drug testing, and community service.〔Craig Neff; Robert Sullivan (10 March 1986). (Scorecard: Groping for a Drug Plan that Will Work," ) ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved 2 December 2013.〕 The Pittsburgh drug trials are considered one of baseball's biggest all-time scandals, albeit one that was "behind the scenes" and did not affect play on the field. ==Testimony== The players were granted immunity in exchange for their testimony.〔Associated Press. ("Pittsburgh Cocaine Trial: Baseball's 2nd Biggest Scandal: One Year Later," ) ''Los Angeles Times'' (Sept. 21, 1986).〕 Ex-Pirate John Milner talked about getting amphetamines from Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Willie Stargell. Milner added that he bought two grams of cocaine for $200 in the bathroom stalls at Three Rivers Stadium during a Pirates-Houston Astros game in 1980. Keith Hernandez revealed he'd used cocaine for three years. Hernandez later added that about 40 percent of all Major League Baseball players were using cocaine in the early 1980s〔 — he quickly backtracked, however, saying that he might have been "grossly wrong." Tim Raines admitted keeping a gram of coke in his uniform pocket (as well as revealing that he snorted during games), and that he only slid into bases headfirst so as not to break the vial.〔Crasnick, Jerry. ("Raines, Rickey running toward Cooperstown," ) ESPN.com (January 11, 2007).〕 Testimony also revealed that Rod Scurry once left the stadium to go looking for cocaine during the late innings of a Pirates game.〔 Drug dealers frequented the Pirates' clubhouse. Even the Pirate Parrot, Kevin Koch, was implicated for buying cocaine and introducing a few of the ballplayers to a local drug dealer.〔Cook, Ron. ("The Eighties: A terrible time of trial and error," ) ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (Sept. 29, 2000).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pittsburgh drug trials」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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