Canseco's tell-all book details steroid use

[Island Boy]

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Associated Press
Posted: 19 hours ago



Jose Canseco says in his upcoming book that he injected Mark McGwire with steroids and introduced several other sluggers to the drugs, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

The long-awaited "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," is scheduled for release by Regan Books on Feb. 21. Regan publicist Paul Olsewski told The Associated Press in an e-mail that the release date could be moved up.
Parent company HarperCollins posted a book description on its Web site that said Canseco "made himself a guinea pig of the performance-enhancing drugs" and added the 1988 AL MVP "mixed, matched and experimented to such a degree that he became known throughout the league as 'The Chemist."'

The Daily News did not quote from the book and said it was still being edited. The newspaper would not say how it got the information.

Canseco did not respond to an e-mail from the AP.

Canseco said he, McGwire and Jason Giambi shot steroids together in the bathroom stall at the Oakland Coliseum, the Daily News reported. McGwire has always denied using steroids.

"I have always told the truth and I am saddened I continue to face this line of questioning," McGwire told the newspaper.

Canseco said he introduced Texas teammates Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez to steroids after being traded to the Rangers in 1992.

"Neither our current owner, general manager and manager were with the Rangers then," Texas spokesman Gregg Elkin said. "The Rangers continue to support baseball's initiative to get steroids out of the game."

Canseco also said President Bush, the Rangers' general managing partner at the time, must have known about the steroid use.

White House spokesman Trent Duffy did not specifically address Canseco's assertion, but said Sunday that Bush's position on steroids "has been known for some time," noting that he condemned the drugs in his 2004 State of the Union address.

A few years ago, Canseco claimed that 80 percent of major leaguers had taken steroids. Last spring, he said: "I think the numbers may have changed. Who knows? Maybe the numbers have diminished."

Canseco hit 462 home runs in a major league career from 1985-2001.

Baseball recently adopted a tougher steroid-testing program after the sport came under increased scrutiny about the drugs. Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield and Giambi testified before a federal grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative known as BALCO.




I think Canseco is such an A$$Clown.

[ALinChainz]

He comes off as way bitter about baseball because he feels the owners may have colluded against him, no one wanting him, and his being just short of 500 homers.

[ALinChainz]

White House: Bush not aware of steroid abuse during time with Rangers


February 8, 2005


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush was not aware of any steroid use by Texas Rangers players while he was a team executive, the White House said Monday.

In his upcoming book, Jose Canseco said he introduced Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez to steroids after being traded to Texas in 1992, the New York Daily News reported. Canseco said Bush, the Rangers' managing partner at the time, must have known about the drugs.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said he spoke to Bush about alleged steroid use.

``If there was, he was not aware of it at the time,'' McClellan said.

``He has recognized, for some time now, that steroids is a growing problem in professional sports, particularly Major League Baseball,'' he said. ``That's why the president has made addressing the issue a priority in his administration.''

Canseco's book, ``Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big,'' was scheduled for release by Regan Books on Feb. 21. Company spokeswoman Jennifer Suitor told The New York Times that the book's release was moved up a week to Feb. 14.

Suitor also told the newspaper in Tuesday's editions that Canseco's appearance on ``60 Minutes,'' originally scheduled for Feb. 20, was moved up to Feb. 13.

Canseco, who has refused to publicly discuss the book or what it contains, told the Times he would address the media after the book is released.

``I will give a huge press conference, internationally and worldwide, when the book comes out,'' he said. ``I'll answer any questions then.''

Palmeiro, now playing for Baltimore, disputed Canseco's claim.

``I categorically deny any assertion made by Jose Canseco that I used steroids,'' Palmeiro said in a statement. ``At no point in my career have I ever used steroids, let alone any substance banned by Major League Baseball.

``As I have never had a personal relationship with Canseco, any suggestion that he taught me anything, about steroid use or otherwise, is ludicrous. We were teammates and that was the extent of our relationship. I am saddened that he felt it necessary to attempt to tarnish my image and that of the game I love.''

Gonzalez's agent, Alan Nero, said, ``Our immediate reaction is we feel sorry for Jose, that he felt he had to do this for whatever reason. And we feel badly for everyone he implicated in this.

``Juan has never used steroids and has never been in favor of their use. And, in fact, in 2000, when Major League Baseball did its survey, Juan was in favor of testing and was one of only two players that volunteered to be tested at that time,'' Nero said.

Rodriguez signed with Detroit last season. Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said the team had no comment on the report.

Canseco also claims he injected former Oakland teammate Mark McGwire with steroids. McGwire has denied using steroids.

``I have always told the truth and I am saddened I continue to face this line of questioning,'' McGwire told the Daily News.

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[GAR]

Canseco needs to be responsible for Canseco and not everybody else at this time.

[ALinChainz]

From 40-40 and possible HOF player to joke.

Looking to make a bundle with this book.

[Lou]

Maybe he's exaggerating but I get the feeling, and I don't know why, that he's pretty much telling the truth. Look at Ivan Rodriguez' pudgy face...it's very plausible he's doing 'roids. I've thought for years that Rafael Palmeiro was roiding up given all the HR's he's hitting in his late 30's.

[ALinChainz]

Pudge came out in the papers today and said not only is it untrue, but he was comepletely shocked he would even mention his name.

I have a feeling also there maybe some truth because like I said, Jose is a bitter man, but he fucked his own credibility with all his off field issues and isn't going to be believed by most.

[Warham]

Anytime baseball and steroids is mentioned nowadays, it's guilty until proven innocent, even if coming out of Canseco's piehole.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by Lou
Maybe he's exaggerating but I get the feeling, and I don't know why, that he's pretty much telling the truth.

The stars must be lined up right or something, 'cause I agree with Lou....

IMO, he went WAY too specific, rather than just make a blanket statement about how many players were shooting 'roids....

Why would he specifically say that he shot McGwire in the ass in the bathroom ??

Now Giambi I can understand, he's already been exposed....

[ALinChainz]

It's working too.

Pre-sale orders of the book are booming.

And I just got done agreeing with Lou in the hockey thread.

[Bob_R]

You mean to tell me Raefel Palmeiro takes steroids as well as Viagra

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by Lou
I've thought for years that Rafael Palmeiro was roiding up given all the HR's he's hitting in his late 30's.

I don't know. I've seen Palmeiro up close a couple of times at some signings, shook his hand once. Never looked like the kind of guy that was on the juice. Not a big guy, just happens to have one of the sweetest swings in baseball.

[Golden AWe]

Originally posted by Lou
Maybe he's exaggerating but I get the feeling, and I don't know why, that he's pretty much telling the truth. Look at Ivan Rodriguez' pudgy face...it's very plausible he's doing 'roids. I've thought for years that Rafael Palmeiro was roiding up given all the HR's he's hitting in his late 30's.

have some van hagar, lou

[Jamocha Joe]

There might be something about baseball conspiring against him though. I remember when he played his last season for the White Sox. They were terrible, but they drew some pretty impressive crowds to see Canseco. Nothing else about that team was worth watching. I could never figure why some crappy team wouldn't pick him up cheap just to boost attendance. There had to be some reason no one would touch him.

[ALinChainz]

Strip Canseco of award for steroid admission cries hopeful rival

February 17, 2005


NEW YORK (AFP) - Former Boston outfielder Mike Greenwell, second to Jose Canseco in voting for the 1988 American League Most Valuable Player Award, said he should get the honor following Canseco's admission he took steroids.

Greenwell told the New York Daily News that finishing second to Canseco in the MVP vote cost him contract bargaining leverage and millions of dollars in salary over the subsequent years of his career.

"It cost me my legacy," Greenwell said. "Nobody remembers who finishes second. There are only so many guys who can walk around saying 'I'm an American League MVP.' It bothered me to lose to a guy who was using steroids."


Canseco's controversial new book, in which he admits steroid taking and says he helped numerous other baseball stars with performance-enhancing drugs, has been a best-seller since it debuted Monday when 2005 season practices began.

"I knew I wasn't playing on a level playing field, but that's life," said Greenwell. "For him to come out and accuse other guys of using steroids, if you're going to do that, you should be willing to suffer the consequences."

Among those Canseco said were steroid takers were retired former one-season home run record-setter Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi, who is playing for the New York Yankees .

"It's not going away unfortunately," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I'm looking forward to baseball to sort of override any of the other stuff. But that's reality."

Major League Baseball players opened training camps in Florida and Arizona amid a cloud of controversy about steroids, which were not banned in the sport before last season's testing program, which was toughened for this season but still remains far shy of World Anti-Doping Agency standards.

"It's a big issue," Chicago Cubs pitcher Mike Remlinger said. "We hope we can put it behind us and move forward. (But) the way things are something keeps popping up every other week. And you deal with it. Hopefully it's part of the past of the game."

Owners and players benefitted from not cracking down on steroids even as players were bulking up because the homer record chases they created brought back the attention of fans angered after a labor fight wiped out the 1994 World Series .

With such obvious motivation for turning a blind eye and more revelations about steroid taking since the BALCO scandal broke nearly 18 months ago, trust is shaky at best.

"It's going to be a tough year as far as a (publicity) hit for baseball dealing with this issue," Chicago Cubs standout Mark Prior said. "It's troubling.

"This is my fourth season and I'm still pretty young in the league. But ever since my second year, this cloud of steroid use has been hanging over us. It definitely has painted a darker picture of what it used to be.

"This is still a great league, still a great game, and still a game that's deeply rooted in this country's history. So if we can get to the root of this, really clean it up and get the integrity back, this game will thrive again."

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