Jose Canseco said he introduced ARod to steroid dealer in a new book.

But if Canseco mentioned ARod's alleged steroid use in the first book, he'd get the attention he so desperately craves. I think that once the first book backed into credibility vis a vis Palmerio, Tejada and McGwire's use of steroids, Canseco felt that he now had free reign to name drop anyone he thought might have used.

 

Maybe, but my point was he's dropping Rodriguez's name now because people were no longer paying enough attention to him. He got his little bump from the first book and he was fading back into relative obscurity again.

 

Ask Mike Greenwell sometime what he thinks of Canseco. I've never heard a rant quite like that, still have it on tape somewhere.

 

A Canseco confidant believes "Max" to be fiction.

In a related story, it tends to be a tad chilly in February.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2008/03/29/2008-03-29_jose_cansecos_pal_is_a_doubter.html

 

Saw this book at the bookstore yesterday. I am now dumber for having read the phrase "Mitch-slapped."

 

And for good reason, apparently.

Somewhere, Canseco is laughing at the people who didn't believe him.

 

Really never know who is telling the truth. Jose, the cleanest one of them all. Whodathunkit?

 

He'll be laughing all the way to the bank. Especially if, by chance, he has enough dirt left over for a third book.

What I'm laughing at, meanwhile, are some of the comments on this thread from its first go-around.

 

Why? The man had zero credibility. If he walks around telling people there are 24 hours in a day, does he suddenly gain some credibility because he spoke the truth that time.

You always have to question the credibility of any source. How do you do that?

You look at the person's history. Canseco is a dirtbag. He has broken the law many times. He lied for years about his own steroid use.

You look at the person's motivation. Canseco's departure from baseball was bitter. He accused MLB of blackballing him. He has also accused A-Rod of trying to get in his wife's pants. If I remember correctly, he even said that he hates A-Rod.

He may have turned out to be right, but he is not a credible source. My guess is he was using rumors he heard about A-Rod to carry out his own vendetta rather than basing his story on actual solid information.

 

You forgot to add "as far as we know right now."

Funny that you said in another post that Canseco lost the ability to hit for average. Looks to me like he's batting 1.000 with a slugging percentage of 4.000 - two for two with a couple of bombs to the upper deck.....pun intended.

 

If that's the kind of guy you find to be credible, neither I nor anybody else can help you.

 

Yeah, well, way to say that the guy is full of shit when it comes to his allegations:

"He's lying. What's he lying about? Um, well, I can't answer that question. But I know he's lying."