02.07.05
Canseco: This is just really sad.
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.