Lovable Jose Canseco kept busy with his quilt pen the past few years. He and guest writer Don Yaeger will be out with a new tell-all book 'Vindicated' on MLB opening day 2008. Watch this baby open at top of the best sellers list. Story in the New York Post. Says it's like the Mitchell Report, only on steroids.
Appears Canseco cooperated with the Mitchell Probe, however was disappointed when Mitchell didn't include all Jose's information. Canseco targets like Raffy Palmeiro and Pudge Rodriguez seemed unscathed by the Mitchell Report. Canseco intends to right this wrong.
José Canseco has inked a deal to publish a sequel to his blockbuster steroid tell-all, "Juiced," his lawyer said. "It will be an unjaundiced view, without the rose-colored glasses that [The Mitchell Report] obviously put on," said Robert Saunooke, Canseco's attorney.
As reported by The Post earlier this month, the former major leaguer and admitted steroid user humbly calls the new tome "Vindicated."
It comes some three years after "Juiced" hit shelves with steroids charges against players like Jason Giambi, who went on to be named in the Mitchell Report. The new book will hit shelves on baseball's Opening Day this coming spring.
Saunooke said the sequel is set to be published by Penguin Books and will be co-written by former Sports Illustrated reporter Don Yaeger. Saunooke declined to discuss any big players named or any big details revealed in the book, but said that it would be a more complete version of the Mitchell Report, which stunned the nation with steroid allegations against the likes of Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte.
No word if Alex Rodriquez merits mentions in the book. However, you can bet for maximal impact Canseco will write as provocatively as possible about the Yankee slugger.
Link to The Big Lead: Canseco, blah, blah, book, blah, blah, SI writer, blah, blah. (Steroid Nation)
More NFL records continue to fall, but nobody wants to talk about PEDs in the NFL.
Remember when the following milestones used to mean something?
1000 yard rushing season (yes, even in the 16 game season era)
100 catch season
4,000 yard passing seasons
10,000 career rushing yards
100 career touchdowns...
Posted by: Cedric Daniels | 12/31/2007 at 00:04
Some of those milestones are affected by the 16 game schedule too. It could be argued that the more grueling schedule 'promotes' PED use for injury recovery.
Posted by: GRG | 12/31/2007 at 09:54
I did mention the 16 game schedule in my comment. I was reffering to everything that has happened since the dawn of the 16 game schedule.
Art Monk in 86 (16 game season), I think, hauled in 106 catches. It was UNHEARD OF. Since then, it's been rather common place.
Posted by: Cedric Daniels | 01/05/2008 at 02:50