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Baseball, Partying, and Alcohol Abuse - Britannica Blog

D.C. Sports Bog found this 5/22/2007 on blogs.britannica.com

I’m not sure how prevalent booze is in Major League clubhouses today, but in my “pre-Gatorade” day, it was everywhere. Our ’68 team had a number of heavy drinkers and several who were serious problem drinkers. In fact, Norm Cash, my roommate Ray Oyler, and our manager, Mayo Smith, all died prematurely and all three were alcoholics. The best place to get high on booze ...