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Jose Canseco’s career may have reached a new low
OK, so maybe Jose Canseco’s iconic whack off the head as a member of the Texas Rangers in 1993 did a bit more harm than we imagined. Canseco has not played in Major League Baseball since 2001.
He was once MLB’s most feared home run hitter, but now he’s creating waves on social media.
He promotes his new internet store when he isn’t raving about aliens or Bigfoot.
The former Oakland A’s star is selling anything from anti-Alex Rodriguez masks to tees depicting a baseball rebounding off his skull for a home run. For $7, he’ll even give you a Twitter follow.
In 1988, Jose Canseco was the best player in the game
The figures were always there, but so were the reservations.
Canseco was an athlete who benefited from steroids.
Canseco stated in his 2005 book “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big” that up to 85 percent of major league players were using steroids, and he named several of them.
Despite the rumors of steroids, Canseco had one of the best seasons of any Major League Baseball player in 1988.
While hitting.307, he led the league in home runs (42) and RBIs (124).
He also stole 40 bases, making him the only player in history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.
Canseco was selected as the American League MVP.
Canseco’s book didn’t win him many fans, but it did help clean up the game.
He blamed other players, including former colleagues Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro.
Many players from that era, notably Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, had Hall-of-Fame records yet were tied to steroids.
Although athletes are still detected using performance-enhancing substances nowadays, the numbers are significantly lower than when Canseco was playing.
Do you want Jose Canseco to follow you on Twitter? It will cost you $79, which is a significant discount from the standard price
Canseco has been an avid social media user.
Some of his pranks have been outrageous, such as when he sought for contributions for a presidential run.
Then there was the time he tweeted, “Can Bigfoot or aliens acquire Coronavirus? I’m curious because I’ve had touch with them.”
Canseco is obsessed with four things, according to his Twitter feed: Bigfoot, aliens, Jennifer Lopez, and Alex Rodriguez.
Now he offers goods related to a number of those obsessions in his internet store.
Canseco recently revealed new merchandise via a surprise Twitter countdown.
Some of the things are respectable and reasonably priced.
Hoodies and hats celebrating his 40/40 season are among them.
He has “Bash Brothers” shirts for sale picturing himself and McGwire, the teammate he ratted out in his book.
The “novelty” phase is where he gets carried away. He’s selling profanity-laced A.
Rod masks and shirts with him and Rodriguez’s ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez on the front.
It’s difficult to think J.Lo and McGwire gave Canseco permission to exploit their images for profit.
It becomes crazier when he charges $199 for an autographed baseball.
He’s asking $79 and will follow you on Twitter or Instagram.
The social-media followings are listed as “sale” goods, dropped from $1 million.
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Canseco feels Major League Baseball intended for him to leave the game
In 1988, Canseco was the biggest thing in Major League Baseball. He was really bigger than life.
He also claims MLB has blackballed him.
“Let’s go back to 1998 with the Toronto Blue Jays,” he said in an interview with Vlad TV. “Something strange occurred there.
I was the victim of collusion. That year, I had 46 home runs and 100-plus RBIs, and I was on my way to the 40/40.
I had more than 24, 25 home runs, and 23, 24 stolen bases by the All-Star break.
“The Toronto Blue Jays and Gord Ash approached me and said, ‘Jose, we don’t want you stealing bases any longer.’
I’m wondering why, because I’m preparing to do the 40/40 again. Later on, I discovered why.
I ended up snatching 29 items against their will, and I easily could have done 40/40.
“Right now, I believe the Toronto Blue Jays will sign me to a multiyear contract.”
Back then, players with those stats made between $8 and $10 million per year. Gord Ash contacts me. ‘
Jose, we’d like to make you an offer,’ he adds.
We want to pay you a million dollars, and you should take it since no one else will pay you a penny more.’
The phone slipped from my grasp. I knew right then and there that I was being spied on.”
Canseco’s good news is that if he can just get 101,266 people to ask him to follow them on Twitter or Instagram, he’ll make the $8 million Toronto should’ve granted him in 1998.
