Canseco Continues Evolution Toward Bitter Ex-Major Leaguer

Canseco Begins New Minor League Career With Another Potshot At Old Boss


Glad to see Jose Canseco is still employable. Being a circus freak still pays.

Are we really supposed to take anything this man says seriously? Here's the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Steroids" talking about how he's going to take the reins of the steroid issue in Major League Baseball. Is he serious? He says he wants to fight MLB, or in his words "the Mafia", regarding their handling of this problem. Personally, if I were Mafioso, I'd be a little put out right now. Does ANYONE out there really think this bitter, washed-up, ex-MLB'er has anything worthwhile to say?

Could it be, Jose, that you're a little perturbed about not being around to hit HR #500? Isn't that what at least some of this is about? That you're going to be remembered as Dave Kingman with speed, or maybe not even remembered at all? Of course, how could we forget? You won't let us. Maybe you're so worried about being on the wrong side of this thing that your desire to control the outcome of this scandal has overridden your common sense? "'It starts with me and ends with me'"??? Are you JOKING? How can you even begin to talk about honesty and integrity when your whole CAREER is a lie???

And what about this "difference" you're so interested in making? Aren't YOU the one who said that Baseball should embrace performance enhancers, that they should be accepted by Professional teams? But NO, you're not bitter at all: "I know what I know," he said. "The majority of the reason why I wrote the book is to show Major League Baseball that they cannot try to destroy an athlete's career. I've seen them blackball many players and I can't believe none of these players has taken a stand and said anything about it." Who would that athlete be, Jose? Do you really care about the careers of all those other players you swore were juiced? Maybe if you did, you would have tried to protect them or support them when it all hit the fan. Instead, you did your best to OUT them. This book of your's has little to do with helping anyone but yourself. If that's how you show your concern and caring, keep clear of me, please. I don't want any.

The truth as I see it is this: Jose Canseco is out for Jose Canseco. Not a single soul other than Jose Canseco. Noone else. You're mad that you were dumped before you could secure your place in the annals of legendary power hitters, and now you'll have to settle for the "annals of cheats and dirtbags" department. If you really want to help, how about you drop the whole victim routine, find a good shrink, and work with MLB instead of against them. I really don't see any of that happening, however. Everything you do in this matter is so blatently self-serving it's almost laughable. Sadly, just as laughable and pathetic as your legacy. What could have been remembered as an incredible career is becoming a punchline.

And YES, I believe you were blackballed. You had it coming. You're lucky none of those other players, whose careers you supposedly cared so much about, whose lives and reputations you have fought so hard to drag down with your own, haven't shown up on your doorstep to "thank" you.

The way I see it, you've got that coming, too. Just my opinion.

Clinton Riddle
Green Diamonds