Craig’s and Common Man’s comments are right on…
But…
You gotta’ admit, all those people that accused Canseco of just spouting nonsense to make an extra buck on his book sales are starting to look like the real idiots…

Canseco is a buffoon but I am sympathetic to him on the juice thing.  He told the truth.  Yes you can nitpick over the details of his allegations but he told everybody that the game was dirty, top to bottom, and he was right.  But if I were a Fehr, no way I would hire him, he’s not a “company man”.

I think the best part of the story is that he boxed Danny Bonaduce.  Didn’t know that.

Amen Derek. 

If anything Jose needs to apologize to MLB, the PA and most importantly to all the players he educated, trained and encouraged to use steroids as he was a major part of the problem.  Had he not used in the first place others may not have felt so compelled to use as they would have been competing on a level playing field.  Had he not been so good at using them he would not have been sought out for advice and guidance on using them. 

I think he gets too much credit for exposing baseball as much of what he shared would have been, was in the process of or was already revealed.  His stories are more about getting money or attention and change as needed.  As I recall he wrote one thing about Clemens visiting his home but changed the story for the Congressional investigation, of course lies, half truths and made up stories are harder to remember than the truth.
Jose is smart enough to know that no players would sue him for libel because he knew none wanted to open that Pandora’s box as everything seen and known about the locker room and what players may or may not have known about PEDs is fair game in the discovery process.  His book was similar to a claymore mine in that when it exploded it spread shrapnel in lots of directions, managed to hits some targets, did some collateral damage but should not be considered as either a reliable or valid tool in the efforts to rid baseball of PEDs.

I dunno Derek, I don’t think there’s much evidence that Canseco HAS positioned himself that successfully. The stories he told have turned out to be largely true, so he’s rightfully been vindicated of charges that he was a liar. In my eyes, that’s about it.

His motives were in no respects selfless or virtuously driven. And I don’t think he has fooled a single soul on that count, even if he can get airtime here and there to pat himself on the back.

In other words, while he was once viewed as a cementhead, a shameless opportunist, and a liar, we now know he wasn’t a liar.

FWIW, I hope that when we get round to giving people jobs ridding sports of PED and counseling kids against them, we hire people who didn’t use them. This seems like a simple idea to me. If cheaters like Canseco, McGwire, Clemens, Bonds, and ARod (jesus what a list!) want to do penance, let them do it without collecting a F^%%#$%kin salary or a medal for it.