Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Jose Canseco has some regrets believes he can still play in majors

Jose Canseco likes being in the public eye. Celebrity boxing, mixed martial arts, "Celebrity Apprentice," you name it. And when the Bash Brother first wrote his book "Juiced" in 2005, it was initially thought it was full of half-truths and augmented stories, but it blew the lid off the performance-enhancing drugs problem in baseball. And since then, he's never really gone away, and even played in the Mexican League last year. He'd like to play this season, but refused to take a drug test. At age 47 and 10 years removed from his final big-league season, he still believes he could play in the majors, and even hit 25 or 30 homers.

Yeah, right. If you believe that, then you believe a 49-year-old coming off major arm surgery can still compete for a big-league rotation spot. Oh, wait...

Anyhow, Canseco told the Associated Press that he has some mixed feelings about writing the book.

"I do in a way, because I suffered a lot. My family suffered a lot. I'm still suffering because of it. I can't get a job in Major League Baseball managing, coaching, whatever. I paid the price to tell the truth. But if it fixed the game, if it saved a kid's life along the way, it's worth it. It's a constant back-and-forth battle. When you look at it, in the big picture, it did fix Major League Baseball. It did correct everything. I believe there is no more steroid use in baseball. It changed the game for the better."


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