Jose Canseco Is Ready To Solve MLB’s Steroid Problem
February 11th, 2009 by
NextRound in MLB, Weirdest Thing 
True heroes emerge in the bleakest hour. Enter Jose Canseco — former Oakland Athletic, former Surreal Life cast member, former owner of a house arrest ankle monitor — the MLB’s version of Sully Sullenberger. Per Yahoo Sports:
“I think I have the ear of the nation now,” Canseco said Tuesday. “I think everyone realizes I have not in any way, shape or form tried to create smoke and mirrors like Major League Baseball has and the players have. I have been excruciatingly honest about what’s going on in baseball.”
Canseco’s attorney, Dennis Holahan, said he was sending a letter to (Donald) Fehr and Gene Orza, the union’s chief operating officer, offering the former slugger’s assistance. Canseco, who has admitted using steroids, offered few specifics about what he planned to discuss in his proposed joint meeting, other than he was concerned about the “welfare of baseball…”
Major League Baseball said it was willing to listen to Canseco’s offer.
“Let’s take a look at the letter and see what’s inside the letter. It will be interesting,” MLB spokesman Rich Levin said. “We’d be glad to get correspondence from Mr. Canseco and we’ll deal directly with him.”
Canseco has said he was called a liar and became a baseball outcast after he wrote “Juiced,” and he feels he’s now the only player from the steroid era with any shred of credibility…
This is all very reminiscent of the time we volunteered to help rid the nation of its masturbation problem. We were equally prepared and qualified.
[Yahoo Sports via FanHouse]
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BK says:
February 21st, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Just watched the Jose Canseco piece on Biography. It was ell done! It gave me an alternative view of Jose–gave me a peak into his humanity.
I have written several screenplays with sports and sports heros at the center. I’d like to think of myself as an expert on the subject. But even though I think I know a lot, I was misguided on the subject of Jose. He’s a decent guy–a guy many of us as young boys would have loved to become.
My son is a good athlete. He watched the program and learned a lot from it. Good luck, Jose. And thank you Biography for doing worthwhile and good programs.
P.S. Jose… marry that girlfriend and adopt the girlfriend’s kid. Don’t let baseball take that away from you. Women like that don’t come along often. Eventually baseball history will remember you fondly, but you and the woman can’t wait that long.
Good luck.
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