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A-Rod On Canseco Book News: "No Comment"
Published 3/25/2008 by WW Staff at WasWatching.com
Via Ken Davidoff and Kat O'Brien - When first told Tuesday morning that Canseco had leveled accusations against him, Rodriguez asked what more Canseco had said than in previous accusations. Told that Canseco had written about introducing him to a known supplier of steroids, Rodriguez said, "I really have absolutely no reaction." Lavin, who posted his findings on his blog, joelavin.com, also reported that Canseco accused A-Rod of pursuing Canseco's wife, the reason for Canseco's clear animosity toward the Yankees' third baseman. When ...

The Canseco/A-Rod joke is on…someone
Published 3/25/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... and from there, landed on blogs across the Internet. A little over an hour ago, the story jumped from the Internet to Newsday when Kat O’Brien wrote up a quick story. ...

A-Rod Comments On Canseco's Book "Revelation" [A-Rod And Jose]
Published 3/25/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
Well, that didn't take long: Just five hours after our post on writer Joe Lavin's early purchase of Jose Canseco's new book, which, according to Lavin, claims that Canseco introduced A-Rod to a steroid supplier, A-Rod has responded with characteristic stoicism. A-Rod's reaction is no reaction. How Zen. When first told Tuesday morning that Canseco had leveled accusations against him, Rodriguez asked what more Canseco had said than in previous accusations. Told that Canseco had written about introducing him to a known supplier of ...

A-Rod Responds To Canseco
Published 3/25/2008 by Bronx Liaison at Bronx Liaison
... in his new book that he hates "[A-Rod's] ****ing guts" because the Bronx Bomber tried to bed Canseco's then spouse and current ex-wife. The self-proclaimed Godfather of Steroids then explains how he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a prominent steroid source. Canseco never says that Rodriguez took steroids, or witnessed him inject them as he did with Mark McGwire, but he needs to sell books somehow doesn't he? Rodriguez has already responded to Canseco's allegations via Newsday: "I really have absolutely no reaction."Regarding ...

Dirtbag, the Sequel
Published 3/25/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
Jose Canseco won't go away, and neither will his "literary talents". The juice king's new book, "Vindicated" is out and in it the big greaseball claims to have introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids dealer. From Deadspin.com - The book was erroneously put on sale early in Boston. Erroneously? We think not. Hosebag even hinted that A-Rod was hitting on his implant laden wife. Here's A-Rod's reactions per Newsday. On meeting the steroid dealer: "I really have absolutely no reaction."On hitting ...

A-Rod has 'absolutely no reaction' to Jose Canseco
Published 3/25/2008 at Big League Stew
... review of Jose Canseco's new book that doesn't go on sale until next week. The post mentioned that Alex Rodriguez was the biggest whale harpooned in the pages and that Canseco claimed to having introduced A-Rod to a steroids supplier. Also, A-Rod also kept calling Canseco's wife and one can only assume about it wasn't about buying real estate in Miami. (All of this is allegedly, of course.)  Well, in bringing the whole thing full circle, A-Rod responded this afternoon by not really responding at all. (Though to be fair, he ...

A-Rod Doesn't Take Canseco's Bait (Yet)
Published 3/26/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... to a steroid dealer and admits to holding a grudge against A-Rod for apparently showing a bit too much interest in his Canseco's former wife. Ken Davidoff of Newsday jumped on the story and asked A-Rod about the allegations: ...