Searching For Canseco: Chasing Jose, By Pat Jordan
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Jason +2As opposed to Vindicated itself, this is a great read. -
WaxHeaven What a depressing story.
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Bronx Banter: The Last Five Minutes of Jose Canseco
Published 3/26/2008 at Baseball Toaster
Pat Jordan has a funny story about chasing Jose Canseco for a magazine profile over at Deadspin: I have been pursuing Jose, like the Holy Grail, for three months now, trying to nail him down for a magazine profile he'd agreed to do in January, partly because, as his lawyer/agent had told me, "Jose's on the balls on his ass," and partly because Jose was trying to interest a publisher in his second steroids-tell-all book, which existed only as a two page proposal of typos that had yet to interest any publisher. This second book would be titled "Vindicated," and it would ...
Canseco not exactly William Faulkner
Published 3/27/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
... If you’re one of those people who slows down to look at car accidents, check out this piece the great Pat Jordan did for Deadspin.com to learn a little bit more about Jose Canseco. ...
'Vindicated' is coming....
Published 3/27/2008 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... Of course after I read this great work by Pat Jordan; I was sure that Canseco was just trying to get paid. All the interesting stuff is revealed by Jordan over on Deadspin; and not Canseco. ...
Canseco: Behind The Musak
Published 3/27/2008 by Bronx Liaison at
Bronx Liaison
... How about some Winstrol with your Wheaties? If you haven't already read it - I sped through it yesterday evening - you must read Pat Jordan's piece on Jose Canseco. Absolutely great writing discussing absolutely horrible writing. It's an exercise in literary criticism - on steroids. That one was too easy, wasn't it. Here is Jordan's excerpt on Canseco's current "significant other" - a phrase which could not have less meaning in this case: Heidi, Rob told me, is Jose's girlfriend/publicist. She's a "cute, ...
Baseball Today: Thursday, March 27
Published 3/27/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo SoxBlog
... 'CHASING JOSE': Beware the NFSW aspects of this piece -- in every regard -- but, if such things don't give you the vapors, read Pat Jordan's account on Deadspin of trying to track down Canseco for a magazine piece he'd agreed to. Baseball Musing's David Pinto puts it best after reading this unbelievable piece: ...
SAINT ANDREW'S NET: VOLUPTUOUS TALENT!
Published 3/27/2008 at With Leather
... Pat Jordan shares his 3-month odyssey for Jose Canseco on Deadspin. The longest spiritual quest I took lasted over six months. Then, I ran out of acid. ...
Deadspin: Searching for Canseco
Published 3/27/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Deadspin: Searching for Canseco Jose showed off his martial arts moves to the man who choreographed “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” The man watched Jose’s 250-pound body spin and kick and leap into the air for a few minutes and then he told Jose that his moves “were stiff, not very fluid, and you don’t kick very well.” Jose told Rob, “That guy doesn’t know what the #### he’s talking about.” BEWARE! This article contains detailed depictions of Jose Canseco’s sexual technique. Weak stomaches would be advised to skip this article and move on to something less horrific. ...
Jose Canseco to Finish Trilogy of Steroid Books
Published 3/27/2008 by Fernando Alejandro at Respect Jeter's Gangster
... If this article in deadspin is any indication, Canseco is broke. He's squandered away his baseball money as well as his earnings from "Juice'd". He's also trying to fund two movies, one, a story about his life, and the other, a kung fu movie where he's the star. So far, no one has an interest in either film. I don't know how credible the article is, as it mentions that Canseco gave his lawyer his five world series rings to pay for legal fees, but I don't think Canseco has 5 rings. By my count, Canseco has two, one with Oakland in '89, and unfortunately, one with the Yankees ...
Jose Canseco is as strange as we previously thought
Published 3/27/2008 at Big League Stew
... and invest the 15 or so minutes it'll take to read Pat Jordan's piece on trying to pin Jose Canseco down for an interview. It's everything we always assumed about Canseco, only confirmed by a frustrated and stonewalled magazine writer. ...
This is the guy accusing Alex Rodriguez of using steroids
Published 3/27/2008 by Joseph P. at River Ave. Blues
Stupendous article about Jose Canseco by Pat Jordan on Deadspin.
This and that
Published 3/27/2008 by Pat at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
... , and then Pat Jordan showed up on Deadspin to tell everyone what a f*&$ing scumbag Canseco is . I've been kind of captivated by this whole thing, but completely for the wrong reasons. Mostly, I think I'm just amazed that we live in a world where something like Jose Canseco is actually allowed to happen. A site called "Baseball Intellect" has ...
Clueless Jose
Published 3/27/2008 by Jay at The Futility Infielder
Clueless Jose I have but a few simple rules in life. One is never to be arrested while wearing adult diapers . Another is never to write a book where I'll be forced to defend charges of casual racism and homophobia on a media tour. So on the latter note, it's been several months since I got my snark on at Deadspin. A tip from Alex Belth sent me there yesterday to read Pat Jordan's hilarious trainwreck of an attempt to profile Jose Canseco on the eve of his forthcoming book, Vindicated . Jordan captures the clueless Canseco prattling around his empty ...
A-Rod Silent, but Hank Bashes Josebag
Published 3/27/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... Canseco's claims are disturbing, but not as disturbing as Canseco himself. Deadspin.com has excerpts of a piece by Pat Jordan on the overmuscled creep. Be warned that after reading this you may want to shower or vomit. ...
Ordonez and Rodriguez Unfazed by Canseco Allegations
Published 3/27/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... about that is that he had a chance in the first book to talk about me," the Tigers rightfielder said in Lakeland, Fla. "So why wait three more years to say what he says? "There are a lot more important things to worry about. I know a lot of people don't really care. I'm not going to lose any sleep over this." - I wrote a post about Phil Taylor of Sports Illustrated asking Canseco to drop his pen and stop writing books about this topic. I do not agree with him . - Pat Jordan has written a column for Deadspin about his repeated attempts to interview the suddenly ...
Published 3/28/2008 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Pat Jordan's piece about spending three months trying to interview Jose Canseco may be 4,000 words long, but my favorite part is the final line. ...
Jose Canseco: Dumber and meaner than your average idiot
Published 3/29/2008 by Chad Finn at Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases
... 1. I think we all knew Jose Canseco was a blinking moron, but his public image - or at least the way I perceived him - was that of an amiable caricature, a mostly harmless if egomaniacal doofus, the kind of guy who, I don't know, might get busted racing his Ferrari at 120 mph or let a fly ball doink off his thick coconut for a home run. Man, have I been set straight. In this this probably NSFW piece, written for Deadspin by the brilliant Pat Jordan*, Canseco is exposed beyond a doubt as an incurable scumbag, a stupid and pathetic shell of a man who seems on the fast track for ...
Canseco
Published 3/29/2008 by Matt Sussman at The Futon Report
Probably the only thing anyone ever needs to read about Jose Canseco, ever again. ◼ Deadspin
A Sad Man
Published 3/29/2008 by YankeeGM at Yankee GM Blog
A must read on our dear friend Jose Canseco, by Pat Jordan
Baseball Today: Monday, March 31
Published 3/31/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo SoxBlog
... UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: I missed this when it first came out, but Pat Jordan -- author of the withering Jose Canseco piece on Deadspin that we linked to a couple of days ago -- related his experiences ...
Swagger, taking a dose and other jargon
Published 4/3/2008 by Jim at Sox Machine
... . It's a couple weeks old, but the 0-2 start bolsters his perspective. ************************ In other news: *If you want to read a phenomenal piece of sportswriting, check out Pat Jordan's saga of trying to track down Jose Canseco for an interview over at Deadspin. It's well worth the time, and gave me the impression that in a couple years, my road gray, No. 31 Canseco Sox jersey should be even more of a conversation piece. *The minor league round-ups kick into gear tonight. The starters: Winston-Salem's season begins Friday.
The Fynal Say: Josh Levin
Published 4/4/2008 by fynalcut at The FynalCut
... be plenty of fascinating people to write about, but it’s probably never been harder for writers to get an unguarded look at a superstar at the top of his game — maybe I’m forgetting something, but I can’t remember reading any great profiles of Tiger Woods or LeBron or Kobe Bryant recently.* Of course, it’s possible to write a great, insightful piece about an athlete without getting any access — see Pat Jordan’s hilarious incisive takedown of Jose Canseco on Deadspin — but ...
Jose Canseco Knows A Whistle Blower Cannot Be Too Careful
Published 4/5/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... I’m not usually in the habit of recommending items from Deadspin, but “A False Spring” author Pat Jordan’s recent account of his repeated attempts to secure an interview with Jose Canseco is one of the funnier hatchet jobs you’ll read this or any other year. Or at least the one with the most graphic, continued references to the condition of Jose’s penis. Anyhow, in a climate in which Canseco has gone from pariah to prophet, now back to pariah, the former slugger is all too aware there are powerful forces out to get him. From ...
Defamation Lawsuits Are The New Black
Published 4/9/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at ShysterBall
... Does Kenny Williams have a legit cause of action against Jose Canseco? Eh. If Canseco is lying when he says that Williams knew he was on steroids, it's possible that Williams could prove the actual malice requirement needed to make a defamation case against him. Canseco is trying to sell books and keep himself out of bankruptcy here. He's made outrageous claims in the past. In short: Canseco has a pretty big incentive to say knowingly outlandish things, and I can feature a jury hammering him under the right circumstances, even if I don't think it's all that likely. ...
The Hardball Times: The Pujols Awards: Week 14
Published 4/11/2008 by John Brattain at The Hardball Times
... ) Speaking of which… I was waiting for someone to submit him for his latest round of idiocy to run its course before getting around to this. Since there doesn’t appear to be any addendum-dums coming from ol’ “needles protruding from both sides of his pelvic/gluteal region” I guess it’s safe to finally get this latest nomination out of the way. While Deadspin’s Searching For Canseco had a buffet of possibilities, it goes a little deeper than this. As you know, Jose is an attention whore heck, he likely knows it. His first book got everybody’s attention and helped get some ...
Productivity buster alert
Published 25 days ago by Jason at It is about the money, stupid
... (on an issue I feel strongly about and noted so in his comments sections; I do wish Neyer would swing by my blog one day), I came across this article, a must read per Rob. UNREAL doesn't do it justice. Rob, many, many thanks for sending us to this one. ...
My friend's tale about meeting Jose Canseco
Published 20 days ago by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... So my old roomate, his girl, and about 3 of my former college teammates head out to a club in Columbus one of the nights following the Arnold Classic. Low and behold, there is Canseco; by himself and without an entourage. It's been pointed out that Canseco doesn't have many friends these days. ...
A True Spring Roundtable with Pat Jordan and Alex Belth
Published 19 days ago by Rich at Baseball Analysts
... Alex: And, like the Garvey piece, and, to some extent, the recent Jose Canseco essay, the Carlton story was controversial as it was released shortly before Lefty was going to be inducted into Cooperstown. ...
Jose Canseco’s home in foreclosure
Published 10 days ago by Mario A. at Wax Heaven
... For most of my life I have looked at Jose Canseco as a larger than life baseball hero. He was best-known for crushing 500-foot home runs, driving Lamborghini sports cars, and having a rock n’ roll fling with pop star Madonna. It wasn’t until I read this devastating account of Jose’s day to day affairs that for the first time in my life I began to feel sorry for him. No longer is Jose the cartoon caricature many love to hate, his fame is fleeting or almost completely gone, and his name is poison in the mouth of any Major League ball player. If ...
An Interview with Pat Jordan
Published 7 days ago by Leslie at BrokenCowboy: Sports Views with a West Coast Bias
... And it seems like you’ve kind of embraced this new trend. I loved your recent piece on José Canseco, for instance, that was featured at Deadspin.com. ...
Bronx Banter: The Last Knight of the Freelance
Published 7 days ago at Baseball Toaster
... who still uses a typewriter and refers to himself as "the last knight of the freelance," might be just that--the last guy who still makes a living strictly as a freelance magazine writer. Which isn't to suggest he's completely resistant to change, as he's been busy doing publicity all 'round the 'Net ever since his Jose Canseco piece appeared at Deadspin at the end of March. ...
