Canseco Writing Sequel To Steroid Tell-All "Juiced"

New York Daily News:

It has been a most foul holiday season for Bud Selig and Major League Baseball in the wake of the Mitchell Report's release. But the 20-month investigation into the sport's steroid culture -- which outed Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte as having used performance enhancers -- may pale in comparison to what former Bash Brother Jose Canseco has in store for Opening Day, 2008.

According to his attorney, Canseco has finalized a deal to publish the sequel to his 2005 best-seller "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," and is targeting the new book's release date to coincide with the start of next season. Happy New Year, Bud.

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Comments

[Navy26Yrs]

07:27 AM on 12/31/2007

Indeed, let the chips fall where they may. These fools ruin their health, decrease life span, eventually leave the game and their lives in shambles. For what? An extra couple years in the game or their name in some unread record book somewhere?

Those that expose them are the true heroes. Not these sluggers with the track marks on their asses.

[ceasenake]

10:58 PM on 12/30/2007

Let me guess, "Shriveled"?

[ornery]

03:16 PM on 12/30/2007

What's he calling the seq. to "Juiced"?

"Pulped"?

[MadJeffersonian]

11:35 AM on 12/30/2007

This punk needs to GO AWAY!

[bikerdude]

10:09 PM on 12/29/2007

Maybe the NY Times can hire him as a writer too. Makes as much sense as hiring little Billy Kristol...

[Ginzaman]

07:41 PM on 12/29/2007

What's the point here? He's wasting his time and the publisher is wasting a hell of a lot of money on the advance. George Mitchell's "report" comes out. And it's all a joke. Nothing's going to happen except the people involved are going to get even richer from the hype. And they'll just laugh their collective asses off at the fools that buy these books.

[rh654]

07:41 PM on 12/29/2007

Canseco is a breath of fresh air among all the athletes who do steroids but refuse to admit it and then even outright lie about it. The guy is right up front - he says did steroids and that the steroids helped him play better baseball.

He says he still does steroids because he likes the effect that they have...

If he names others who played ball - that's fine with me - all of those men put themselves into a profession that payed them large sums of money and put them right in front of the public eye - and steroids of course helped them play better.

Its one thing to name someone who works out at the local gym but never seeks a high profile job where steroid use will be an asset - its another thing all together for people like ball players who gain an advantage and then lie about it.

[anfractuous]

07:26 PM on 12/29/2007

Willie Mays was once at a party when he found himself talking to someone who seemed to be familiar with the most intimate details of his life. "Who are you?", finally questioned Mays. "Don't you know me Willie? I'm the guy who wrote your autobiography."
I love it when the functionally illiterate or, to be charitable, the otherwise occupied, are given a hefty advance to 'pen' a book. I doubt they ever even read it, the same way I doubt they ever use the cologne, insecticide or whatever products they've endorsed.

[kellygrrrl]

07:12 PM on 12/29/2007

oh, so "Cheaters Never Prosper" was just one of those things our parents told us to make us losers?

[ethnobotanist]

06:26 PM on 12/29/2007

it's one thing to tell the truth...but to profit from the misfortune/mistake of others seems downright greedy and just plain wrong.

if he puts in print the names of other players who are in the roid closet, should he be liable - to any degree - for the obstacles he puts in their way while profiting from his book sales?

also, in the 90's, did people really know the facts about what steroid use could do to 'patients' as in side effects, etc.? I don't think any of these players were told the facts. they were somewhat ignorant and probably doing what they believed everyone else did to improve their healing time after pushing themselves harder than what was practically possible, and to me, the real blame goes to the trainers, sports med. practicioners, etc., that injected these guys.

if your body is pushed past the point, leaving behind any comfort zone, and you could heal temporarily - faster, and play longer and hit harder and run faster by taking a medicinal aid to speed up healing and improve overall performance, not knowing all the 'facts', would you try it once - just for the healing of tired, torn muscles and severe joint pain and swelling?

[RedWhiteandBlueState]

05:51 PM on 12/29/2007

Double Rat.

[WilliamWallace]

05:30 PM on 12/29/2007

Ah, what a great world for the baseball-loving kids of today. A guy can be a star via drugs, taint the heart of the game itself...and when he's all done breaking the law and the spirit of the game, he can make millions with a rag of a book.

Sad, very sad.

[Grulg]

04:55 PM on 12/29/2007

Haw that's great. Turns out this clown was telling the truth. I actually rooted for him when he played for the Red Sox, but it's painfully obvious-w/ all the roids etc-he and the rest who abused'em, were frauds. To a point, at least.

[ShockandAutism]

04:36 PM on 12/29/2007

People still hate him for telling the truth, a typical American response to life's unpleasantries.

When will people start to embrace whistle blowers again? It takes balls to tell the truth and the world is full of too many liars and deniers these days in every area.

Thank you Jose.