Canseco's A-Rod claims fall flat

 
Alex Rodriguez is back in the news once again, though it has nothing to do with the tremendous spring he’s having at the plate. Jose Canseco apparently followed through on his words, having claimed for the past several months that he had some “stuff” on A-Rod. According to a freelance writer in Boston who mistakenly got his hands on a copy of the book, Canseco said he introduced A-Rod to a steroids supplier in the late-1990s. Canseco also charges Rodriguez with trying to sleep with his wife. This is real classy stuff. For all the gory details, check out our story in today’s paper by the I-Team. Here’s my take on this whole thing: Canseco earned himself some credibility with his first book, “Juiced,” as most of what he wrote proved to be true. That may turn out to be dangerous, because he now has license to write whatever he wants and people must at least consider it. But what did he actually write about A-Rod? That he introduced him to a steroids supplier? So what? ... [link]

Tags:

Related Stories
1

Breaking News: Jose Canseco's New Book Sucks

Due to my life long admiration for Jose Canseco's writing, I find myself following up on his latest offering titled "Vindicated: A Big Name Liar Saves Baseball", or something to that effect. Though it has not officially been released Peter Abraham ...
3

Excerpts From Canseco's Vindicated

Earlier today I wrote about Canseco's new allegations about A-Rod in his new book Vindicated . Here are the excerpts from the book from Deadspin .
1

A-Rod and Steroids: To Care or Not to Care?

Okay, so should we care about this news that Jose Canseco is standing by his words that A-Rod is a 'roider? Well, to be clear, Canseco isn't saying he saw A-Rod inject. Rather, he simply is saying he introduced A-Rod...
5

Gary Thorne Is Completely Clueless

So reader RB sent me an email telling me that I just HAD to find Gary Thorne and Steve Phillip's conversation about the Canseco book this morning. I searched Red Lasso and finally found it in the Top of the Third Inning and I don't think I've ever ...
1

The Canseco/A-Rod joke is on…someone

By now, you, dear reader, may have read the Jose Canseco/Alex Rodriguez story spreading through the Internet. It started this morning with a Deadspin post , spread to Baseball Think Factory and from there, landed on blogs across the Internet. A ...
Related Blog Posts
yankeesdaily.comPride of the Yankees 2/26/2008 The Bloggers
Yankee Bloggers - They find info I don’t So he basically said nothing, which was probably the smart move. - Greg Cohen Sliding Into Home A-Rod and Steroids: To Care or Not to Care? - Dave & Aziz Nekoukar - Pride of the Yankees ESPN’s ...
Yankee GM BlogLacking Integrity
Living in NY we have a number of choices for daily newspapers - Newsday is very Long Island centric The NY Times is the epitome of a liberal propaganda rag The Village Voice is a decent paper (though they go beyond the Times on some issues), but ...
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You BackWhorifying
The streets of New York are awash in people clutching newspapers with the latest Jose Canseco allegations towards Alex Rodriguez... and I'm not going to get into the substance of those now, because there's actual journalists out there who get paid ...
Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News BlogsCanseco's A-Rod claims fall flat
Alex Rodriguez is back in the news once again, though it has nothing to do with the tremendous spring he’s having at the plate. Jose Canseco apparently followed through on his words, having claimed for the past several months that he had some ...
The LoHud Yankees BlogAudio: A-Rod postgame in Clearwater
Here’s A-Rod after the game today. As you’ll hear, he wasn’t interested in talking about the Jose Canseco book. He did answer a few baseball questions before suddenly walking away. Alex was 0 for 3 today and is hitting .432 this ...
Related News Articles
Yanks react to Canseco comments
Alex's Rodriguez's annual Spring Training controversy may have come a bit late, but the Yankees say they are confident allegations in Jose Canseco's upcoming book will not affect the reigning American League MVP on the field.
Jose Canseco has changed his tune on Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens
There’s a whole to-do today about Jose Canseco’s new book, “Vindicated,” particularly Canseco’s new comments about Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens. Even though I think Canseco was dead-on accurate in much of what he ...
A-Rod won't address Canseco's claims
Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations by Jose Canseco, who claims he introduced the three-time MVP to a steroids dealer. "It's over as far as I'm concerned," Rodriguez said Wednesday after his New York Yankees lost 4-0 to the Philadelphia ...
A-Rod and Yankees don't think Canseco's new book will be a distraction
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations by Jose Canseco, who claims he introduced the three-time MVP to a steroids dealer. "It's over...
A-Rod, Yanks don't consider Canseco book a distraction
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations by Jose Canseco, who claims h...