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Ron Darling details alcohol, drug use during games with 1986 Mets

Ron Darling is dishing some dirt about his title-winning team.

The Wall Street Journal on Monday released an excerpt from the retired pitcher's newly released book, "Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life," detailing how his teammates would drink beer and ingest amphetamines in the dugout during games amid the Mets' historic championship run.

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"Each pill had its own name. The five-milligram amphetamines were known as white crosses — and these were passed around like candy, if that was your bag.