Those who can, play. Those who are too fat to, talk.
So Mike Greenwell thinks he should be awarded the 1988 American League MVP award because Jose Canseco is a cheater? No offense, Mikey, but being upset about something that happened so many years ago is a very … wait … you DID play for the Red Sox … maybe the Beantown fans rubbed off on you. Read the rest of this entry »
So pitchers and catchers are reporting and usually that gets me all excited, but this year all I can think is the season is going to suck because the guys won’t be using steroids anymore so who cares anyway?
I’m not serious about this, really, but Canseco’s book is having a bigger impact than I thought.
In the past I’ve argued that although Jose Canseco can’t be considcred Hall of Fame material, to my mind he changed the game of baseball more than anyone else in the last 20 years. He combined muscle and speed, pretty much introduced the long-ball era.
He could be a jerk and he could also be charming. He was awesome when he was on (on offense), but unreliable. Now he’s got a book out where he admits how juiced he was and he names names. He says he and Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi shot roids together at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum. I suppose he’ll mention when the three of them would have been on the same bench, because I sure can’t recall.
Canseco has become tragic, because sometimes he was the loveable flake while he was playing. Now his story is just pathetic.