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SPORTS
Canseco back in baseball
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO - Jose
Canseco accused several top
players of steroid use, once
had a ball bounce off his
head and go over the fence
for a home run, and blew
out his elbow in his only big
league pitching appearance.
Now’s he’s back in base
ball, having agreed to a con
tract with the independent
San Diego Surf Dawgs. He’s
planning to be their desig
nated hitter and - get this
- pitch.
The deal comes some
16 months after Canseco
attracted Congress’ atten
tion with an autobiography,
“Juiced,” that accused sev
eral top players of steroid
use.
In March 2005, he tes
tified before the House
Government Reform com
mittee that he used perfor
mance-enhancing drugs as
a player.
The Golden Baseball
League announced the
agreement Thursday night,
saying the former AL MVP
and Rookie of the Year will
make his Surf Dawgs debut
Monday night on the road
against the Chico Outlaws
- one day after his 42nd
birthday.
A call to Canseco’s cell
phone got this message:
“Hello, Jose Canseco. I
have lost my cell phone. If
you can, please leave a num
ber when you call. Thank
you.”
The six-time All-Star will
be playing for the league
maximum of $2,500 per
month.
Canseco’s lawyer, Robert
Saunooke, told The
Associated Press that the
GBL contacted Canseco. A
few years ago, the slugger
said he was being black
balled and kept out of major
league baseball.
He hit 462 home runs in a
17-year career with Oakland,
Texas, Boston, Toronto,
Tampa Bay, the New York
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entertainment product, and Jose wilt
undoubtedly be entertaining, for our
lans/
- GBL president Amit Patel
Yankees and Chicago White
Sox.
The GBL is essentially
baseball’s lowest rung.
Rickey Henderson played for
the Surf Dawgs last year as
he tried to attract the atten
tion of a big league team.
Canseco, once one of base
ball’s most-feared hitters -
and one of its most colorful
figures, on and off the field
- hasn’t played in the big
leagues since 2001 with the
Chicago White Sox, who pur
chased his contract from the
independent Newark Bears.
“I’m looking forward to
having fun in professional
baseball again, as I’ve real
ly missed it,” Canseco said
in the Surf Dawgs’ news
release. “I love what this
league is doing for players,
communities and families,
and I want to be part of it.
Rickey had a great experi
ence with the Surf Dawgs
last year and it will be great
playing for Terry Kennedy
and reminding him of the
stomping my A’s gave his
Giants in the ‘B9 World
Series.”
The GBL said Canseco has
agreed to be subjected to
its drug-testing policy “that
immediately expels any
players found using steroids
or illegal drugs.” The league
said nine players, out of
more than 200 tested, were
tossed for illegal drug use
last year.
In his autobiography,
Canseco said he used ste
roids and introduced them
to several other big league
sluggers, including Oakland
teammate Mark McGwire.
Canseco wrote that he inject
ed McGwire with steroids.
In a 2005 interview on
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the CBS television show “60
Minutes,” Canseco also said
he injected Rafael Palmeiro
with steroids.
The GBL said Canseco
weighs 230 pounds, down
from his big league playing
days.
The news release announc
ing the deal said Canseco
will be the DH “and will
showcase his knuckleball
as a member of the team’s
pitching staff.”
Canseco made one big
league pitching appearance,
working the final inning for
the Texas Rangers in a 15-1
loss to the Boston Red Sox
on May 29, 1993.
He walked the bases load
ed and allowed three runs
and two hits. He threw 12
strikes and 21 balls, most
of which were far from the
strike zone.
But he tore a ligament in
his elbow, ending his sea
son.
Kennedy, the Surf Dawgs’
manager, is excited to have
Canseco “for both his play
ing abilities and for his vet
eran leadership.”
Said GBL president Amit
Patel: “We strive to provide
a high quality entertain
ment product, and Jose will
undoubtedly be entertaining
for our fans.”
Canseco was the AL Rookie
of the Year in 1986 and MVP
in 1988, when he hit 42 hom
ers, drove in 124 runs and
stole 40 bases to lead the A’s
to the World Series, where
they were upset by the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
That season, Canseco
became the first player in
major league history to hit
40 homers and steal 40
bases.