Sounding the steroids alarm.

• Author: Anderson, Dave
• Position: Brief Article - Column

The death of Ken Caminiti at age 41 should have sounded an alarm for every baseball, prayer and anybody else who has used illegal anabolic steroids. Caminiti used steroids heavily in 1996 when he was the National League's Most Valuable Player, and he recently tested positive for cocaine. On October 10, he collapsed, apparently of a heart attack, and died. [Experts say that steroids and cocaine use may have contributed to his death.] But for all Caminiti achieved as a third baseman...