MLB-related cocaine scandal

#3 card in 1991’s Eclipse Foul Ball Set:

The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a Major League Baseball-related cocainescandal. Several current and former members of the Pittsburgh PiratesDale Berra, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli, John Milner, Dave Parker, Rod Scurry – and other notable major league players – Willie Aikens, Vida Blue, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, Lonnie Smith and Alan Wiggins– were called before a Pittsburgh grand jury. Their testimony led to the drug trials, which made national headlines in September 1985.[1][2]

Eleven players were officially suspended, but all the suspensions were commuted in exchange for fines, drug testing, and community service.[3] 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.[4]

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