Ebook: Baseball Cop
Author: Dominguez Eddie, Red Christian, Thompson Teri
- Tags: Baseball, Baseball--Massachusetts--Boston, Police, Police--Massachusetts--Boston, Sports--Corrupt practices, Sports--Corrupt practices--Massachusetts--Boston, Sports facilities--Security measures--Massachusetts--Boston, Dominguez Eddie, Major League Baseball (Organization), Police -- Massachusetts -- Boston, Sports facilities -- Security measures -- Massachusetts -- Boston, Sports -- Corrupt practices -- Massachusetts -- Boston, Baseball -- Massachusetts -- Boston, Sports -- Corrupt practices, Massachusetts
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Hachette Books
- City: Massachusetts;Boston
- Language: English
- epub
Exposing trafficking, theft, fraud, and gambling in the major leagues, a founding member of the MLBs Department of Investigations reveals a news-breaking true story of power and corruption.
In the wake of 2005s sometimes contentious, sometimes comical congressional hearings on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball and the subsequent Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball established the Department of Investigations (DOI). An internal and autonomous unit, it was created to not only eliminate the use of steroids, but also to rid baseball of any other illegal, unsavory, or unethical activities. The DOI would investigate the dark side of the national pastimegambling, age and identity fraud, human trafficking, cover-ups, and morewith the singular purpose of cleaning up the game.
Eduardo Dominguez Jr. was a founding member of that first DOI team, leaving a stellar career with the Boston Police Department to join four other supercopsa group that included a 9/11 hero, a