Canseco just can’t keep his mouth shut
April 3, 2008 No CommentsBy Garrett Eagan, McDaniel Guru
Well, it’s official. The ex-player turned snitch has inked another book, set to hit shelves this spring. He has rung the bell on Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds. He used cookouts as meet and greets between dealers and players, using the interaction for future evidence. He has linked the word “steroid” to every homerun ever recorded.
And now, he is doing it again.
Fellow juicer and ex-big leaguer Jose Canseco has written another book on the steroid ordeal, and the names involved in it are not a big surprise. In the book, “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball,” Canseco is blowing the whistle on more players, including superstars Alex Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez.
The book, which was accidentally bought recently, has already been leaked over the web. According to the new book, Canseco had introduced A-Rod to a steroid dealer, and from there the charges even reach the claim that A-Rod was after Canseco’s then-wife. Had enough yet?
I think we all have. I do credit Canseco for not ruining the game of baseball or tainting it, but shedding light on the people who were actually ruining it- the players who were juicing. But, the second book is a bit much. No one is perfect, and with all the tests and constant scrutiny, I do not think the latest names involved in his new book are valid. Remember, this is coming from a guy who missed a deep fly ball, which bounced off his head and continued over the wall for a homerun. Canseco should just focus on his personal business, and not try to further his self-righteous role as the torch-bearer against steroids.
One was enough, but this is too much. And this book comes right in time for the new season, in which A-Rod is heavily on pace to continue his pursuit of HANK AARON’s record (not Barry Bonds). Whether these charges are accurate is still to be determined, but one thing is certain, A-Rod is tight-lipped and focused on baseball. Good idea.
(Read the full commentary on the Free Press Blogs at www.mcdanielfreepress.com)Fellow juicer and ex-big leaguer Jose Canseco has written another book on the steroid ordeal, and the names involved in it are not a big surprise. In the book, “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball,” Canseco is blowing the whistle on more players, including superstars Alex Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez.
The book, which was accidentally bought recently, has already been leaked over the web. According to the new book, Canseco had introduced A-Rod to a steroid dealer, and from there the charges even reach the claim that A-Rod was after Canseco’s then-wife. Had enough yet?
I think we all have. I do credit Canseco for not ruining the game of baseball or tainting it, but shedding light on the people who were actually ruining it- the players who were juicing. But, the second book is a bit much. No one is perfect, and with all the tests and constant scrutiny, I do not think the latest names involved in his new book are valid. Remember, this is coming from a guy who missed a deep fly ball, which bounced off his head and continued over the wall for a homerun. Canseco should just focus on his personal business, and not try to further his self-righteous role as the torch-bearer against steroids.
One was enough, but this is too much. And this book comes right in time for the new season, in which A-Rod is heavily on pace to continue his pursuit of HANK AARON’s record (not Barry Bonds). Whether these charges are accurate is still to be determined, but one thing is certain, A-Rod is tight-lipped and focused on baseball. Good idea.
(Read the full commentary on the Free Press Blogs at www.mcdanielfreepress.com)
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