Jose Canseco vs. Magglio Ordonez
Wax Heaven —
... There is a rumor being passed off by ESPN as a news story claiming that Jose Canseco tried to blackmail former teammate Magglio Ordonez. The story goes that sometime in 2005 someone acting on Jose’s behalf called Magglio asking for money to fund a movie. In return, Mags would have his name kept off Jose’s next book, due March 31st, titled ‘Vindicated’. ...
Thursday Morning Link Dump
Camden Chat —
... Speaking of Canseco, the Bash Brother sought money for a shitty movie to keep Magglio Ordonez's name out of his next book, which is called "Vindicated." Canseco is one of those guys I wish would just go the hell away. He deserves some credit for being the guy that broke this all wide open, but that's about it. He's such a slimeball that it's hard to even give him credit for that. Said Ordonez, "He's probably desperate for money." ...
Roundup - Canseco Knows How to Generate Headlines
Baseball Digest Daily —
... 2003 grand jury appearance were vague, ambiguous and confusing. The lawyers said "the questions posed to him by two different prosecutors were frequently imprecise, redundant, overlapping and frequently compound." Prosecutors asked Bonds several times whether personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied him with steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in 2000. Bonds answered "no" or "not at all," but his lawyers argued the questions were not clear." - Jose Canseco has reportedly offered OF Magglio Ordonez to be cleared from his book if he invested in a movie ...
Kennedy = Hughes?
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... , and as a result he has yet to be served with his subpoena. Exactly how much of our tax money is being spend on trying to find him? As much credibility as Jose Canseco gained when much of the information from his first book was validated, he loses it when we read stories like this about him . The guy is still a joke.
Source: Canseco Accuses A-Rod Of Steroid Abuse, Wife Coveting, In New Book [Jose Canseco Is Back]
Deadspin —
... This is Jose Canseco, of course, which means all accusations are based on personal animosity, surrounded in Canseco's typical shadiness ... and probably true. According to Levin's account of the book, Canseco wanted to include Clemens in Juiced, but his publishers said no. As for Ordonez, you might remember Maggs as the guy Canseco allegedly demanded invest in one of Jose's movie or else he would include him in his next book. (Apparently, he didn't invest in the movie.) ...
Canseco’s New Allegations
Sabernomics —
... . Even by Canseco’s standards, the evidence is weak. Ordonez is the only player whom he claims to have witnessed use, but we already knew about this story from Ordonez’s side. He accuses Clemens of telling jokes about steroids, and he says he introduced A-Rod to a steroids supplier. Basically, it’s a big bunch of nothing. ...
