hasn’t read Jose’s 2005 book called "Juiced" should definitely go to their public library and check it out or buy it. It’s a pretty good read, and everyone who Jose mentioned to be a steroid user, has come to be true, i.e. Bonds, McGwrie, Pameiro, Caminiti, Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez, Sosa, Bret Boone and many more. There is a good quote in there where Canseco recalls a time during Spring Training in 2001 when Jose was playing with the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox were playing against the Seattle Mariners, and Jose hit a double and slid into 2nd base where Mariners Bret Boone was covering. Jose noticed how ripped Boone had become and said, Man what happened to you, and Boone put his finger over his lips and said, "shhhh" Like basically saying, yeah, I have been juicing, it was unspoken. And if you look at the year Boone had in 2001, which was his contract year, and he wound up having the best year of his career, hitting .331, 206 hits, 37 hr’s and 141 rbi’s. Boone was then
rewarded by the Mariners with a 4 year 32 million contract. His numbers declined every year after that and he retired in 2005 after a really crappy year where he got cut and then picked up by the Twins and was then cut again. In the beginning, everyone thought Canseco was an idiot and a liar and this and that, but if you read the book, almost everyone he accuses has so far either been outed or been heavily accused. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Sheffield and Giambi, he mentioned them, and they have admitted steroid use. Canseco was blackballed by the game, no one picked him up after the 2001 season. He wanted to get to 500 career HR’s. He felt slighted, and his book has done more to help this investigation than anything else.
Everything that Jose Canseco said in his steroid book has come to light and is mostly true. Anyone who?
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Canseco got it right and did a standup job in the congress talking about all this puke. He deserves a congressional meddal of honor and another statue at the hall of fame. he is the good guy. bonds is the bad guy. baseball is churning out there propaganda like a russel terrier digging out rabbits.
What do you call Jose Canseco on 1st, Rafael Palmeiro on 2nd, and Neifi Perez on 3rd?
that’s not true, you said "everyone who Jose mentioned to be a steroid user, has come to be true, i.e. Bonds, McGwire, Pameiro, Caminiti, Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez, Sosa, Bret Boone and many more."
Canseco claims to have precipitated steroid usage by Mark McGwire, Juan González, Rafael Palmeiro, Iván Rodríguez, Dave Martinez, Tony Saunders, and Wilson Alvarez. He infers steroid usage based on physical body changes in Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Bret Boone. He also suggests Brady Anderson, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada probably used steroids, based on the improvements in their performances. He never mentioned Bags or Cam and there is no evidence I-rod, Sosa, Boone ever used steroids. In fact out of all the people mentioned Palmiero is the only one that failed a test, Giambi kinda sorta admitted to using "stuff" and bonds "never knowingly used steroids"