Report: Canseco says he injected McGwire with steroids

[Hatalles]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news ;_ylc=X3oDMTBpcDBuM2RlBF9TAzk1ODYxNzc3BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-canseco-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns

About damn time Canseco finished his book. He's been promoting it for the longest time. I found this little snippet particularly interesting:

"Canseco also said President Bush, the Rangers' general managing partner at the time, must have known about the steroid use."

NOTE: So the link isn't displaying correctly for some reason. Here's the article in its entirety:



Report: Canseco says he injected McGwire with steroids

February 6, 2005

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Canseco says in his upcoming book that he injected Mark McGwire with steroids and introduced several other sluggers to the drugs, the Daily News reported Sunday.

The long-awaited ``Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big,'' is scheduled for release by Regan Books on Feb. 21. Regan publicist Paul Olsewski told The Associated Press in an e-mail that the release date could be moved up.

Parent company HarperCollins posted a book description on its Web site that said Canseco ``made himself a guinea pig of the performance-enhancing drugs'' and added the 1988 AL MVP ``mixed, matched and experimented to such a degree that he became known throughout the league as 'The Chemist.'''

The Daily News did not quote from the book and said it was still being edited. The newspaper would not say how it got the information.

Canseco did not respond to an e-mail from the AP.

Canseco said he, McGwire and Jason Giambi shot steroids together in the bathroom stall at the Oakland Coliseum, the Daily News reported. McGwire has always denied using steroids.

``I have always told the truth and I am saddened I continue to face this line of questioning,'' McGwire told the newspaper.

Canseco said he introduced Texas teammates Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez to steroids after being traded to the Rangers in 1992.

``Neither our current owner, general manager and manager were with the Rangers then,'' Texas spokesman Gregg Elkin said. ``The Rangers continue to support baseball's initiative to get steroids out of the game.''

Canseco also said President Bush, the Rangers' general managing partner at the time, must have known about the steroid use.

White House spokesman Trent Duffy did not specifically address Canseco's assertion, but said Sunday that Bush's position on steroids ``has been known for some time,'' noting that he condemned the drugs in his 2004 State of the Union address.

A few years ago, Canseco claimed that 80 percent of major leaguers had taken steroids. Last spring, he said: ``I think the numbers may have changed. Who knows? Maybe the numbers have diminished.''

Canseco hit 462 home runs in a major league career from 1985-2001.

Baseball recently adopted a tougher steroid-testing program after the sport came under increased scrutiny about the drugs. Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield and Giambi testified before a federal grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative known as BALCO.

[proud patriot]

1. He says bush must of known ...Wheeeeeeeeee !

doesn't bush have a slow heart rate ?

do steroids slow your heart down ?

[meow2u3]

6. Steroids also can make you fly into rages

Bush must have 'roid rage--the only scientific explanation for his infantile temper tantrums when things don't go his way :shrug:

[Hatalles]

8. Didn't Bush recently comment on steroid use in the MLB?

What were those comments? Interesting if what Canseco says about Bush is true.

[Lauri16]

2. Ugh

>>Canseco said he, McGwire and Jason Giambi shot steroids together in the bathroom stall at the Oakland Coliseum<<

Now there's a mental picture that's gonna be hard to shake! *shiver*

Personally, I can't stand Jose. Never could. As for the names, we know about Jason, and i've never had a doubt about Mark using steroids. But until Mark himself says it or it comes out in the way that it came out for Jason and the others, it's pure speculation, unfortunately.

[Yupster]

3. McGwire took steroids?

Gee you'd never guess that by looking at him.

[wicket]

5. You mean this transformation isn't normal?

:evilgrin:

[bluestateguy]

4. Canseco is a multi-million dollar baby

I am a lifelong Oakland A's fan and if he is going to slur MY TEAM he better damn well have all his facts in a row and be able to prove it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Tsk...McGwire with his steroids, Sosa with his corked bat...

they both ought to get an asterisk in the record books...

[LynneSin]

9. I've said it before & I'll say it again: No roid users in the Hall of Fame

Anyone busted for using Steriods should be removed/banned from the Hall of Fame INCLUDING stripped of any titles or records they hold. Pisses me off that Pete Rose can't be in the Hall of Fame and yet Steriods has an even great impact on the outcome of baseball than anything Pete Rose ever did.

While you're at it - why a cokehead like Lawrence Taylor is in the Football Hall of Fame is beyond me