Jose Canseco book tells secrets about A-Rod

March 26, 2008

By DailySkew

The Secret Revealed

And quite frankly it’s a let down.

Jose Canseco, promoting his new book, has an ax to grind against Alex Rodriguez. He’s jealous of his success, and the fact that MLB blacklisted him, yet A-Rod got the largest contract in history.

First, based on Jose’s last book, you can rest assured that the facts are 90%+ true.

However, Jose’s evidence against A-Rod are weak. [Special thanks to the New York Daily News for reporting this.]

Canseco says he was nice enough to educate Alex Rodriguez about steroids and even introduced him to a friendly steroids dealer in the late 1990s…

Canseco writes that he is “confident” the Yankees star and three-time MVP used steroids.

“I did everything but inject the guy myself,” Canseco says in the book.

Canseco said he introduced the future Yankee to a trainer named “Max.”

“This trainer was a fan of steroids, and he had connections with local suppliers,” Canseco writes.

Max later called Canseco to thank him for the reference. “He said A-Rod had signed on,” Canseco adds. “I didn’t ask for specifics.”

Jose continues about A-Rod (who was single) trying to hit on his wife:

Canseco claims Rodriguez paid him back by ogling his then-wife Jessica. Canseco and Rodriguez were working out at Canseco’s Florida home when A-Rod made his admiration obvious.

“The first day he was there, my then-wife, Jessica, joined us in the gym, and A-Rod’s eyes bugged right out of his head,” Canseco wrote.

“‘Man, your wife is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen!’ ” A-Rod said.

Later, Canseco added, Rodriguez “began calling Jessica on her cell phone. I’m not a jealous man, but I could see that A-Rod, a bachelor at that time, was jonesing for my wife.”

“So A-Rod, if you’re reading this book, and if I’m not getting through to you, let’s get clear on one thing: I hate your f%@#% guts.”

Jose also took some shots against Roger Clemens, and even gave a conspiracy theory that races all the up to the White House:

Canseco writes that comments he made about Clemens to “60 Minutes” and ESPN were mysteriously edited out of the reports. Canseco began to think there was some sort of conspiracy afoot, specifically: “Roger Clemens was from Texas. He went to play for the Astros, to be close to his family. George W. Bush, a former owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, is, like Clemens, a proud Texan.

“Clemens is a personal friend of Bush Sr. and his wife, Barbara. Clemens still has a standing invitation from Bush Jr. to visit the White House anytime. Getting the picture? Maybe the President of the United States, or his daddy, the ex-President, made some calls and took care of things for good ol’ Roger.”

Jose also officially states that he personally injected 2007 MVP runner-up Maglio Ordonez with steroids:

Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that Canseco had offered to keep Ordoñez out of the book if Ordoñez invested $5 million for a film Canseco was producing. Canseco writes in the book that the Times’ charge is not true, and that he was not involved in a documentary.
“I met Mags in 2001, when I was with the White Sox,” Canseco writes. “When it was all said and done, when Maggs had the information he needed, he told me he was in. A few days later, we went into the back room in the clubhouse, and I jabbed a needle into his butt. ‘Ow,’ he said. ‘That hurt.’ ‘You’ll get used to it,’ I said.”

Anyway, in terms of A-Rod’s reputation being affected by all of this: I doubt it will. Unless “Max” is investigated and tells the Justice Department, this is just a weak accusation by Jose. Granted, I believe Jose, but his accuassations just sound petty. Regarding A-Rod trying to get with Jose’s wife: who really cares? Canseco cheated on her hundreds of times, and anyone who hung with Canseco knows that he lived a a life of drugs, crime, fast cars, steroids, and women.