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Canseco to Baseball: Where's My Apology?

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 17, 2009 9:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Now that some of baseball's biggest names are coming clean on steroids, Jose Canseco is wondering when the league will apologize for vilifying him, the AP reports. The former slugger wrote two books that dealt with juiced players, but he got only grief for his efforts. "It's time for somebody in baseball to say to Jose Canseco, 'We're sorry you got treated the way you did,' " said his attorney.

"After being vilified and labeled an informant and a liar, all allegations, in both of his books, have now been proven to be truthful, including the recent news about Alex Rodriguez," wrote attorney Dennis Holahan in a letter to the players' union.

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In this 1999 file photo, Tampa Bay's Jose Canseco reacts after striking out. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

In this 2007 file photo, former major league baseball player Jose Canseco exits the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

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AdaptAndOvercome

Feb 18, 2009 3:23 AM CST

It's probably in the same place he left his for his wife whom he beat and cheated on when he was the "big guy" in baseball. Little did we know that he wasn't "big" all on his own. He's a liar and a user of drugs and people. He pitched a reality TV show and it didn't do well, then he tried other get rich ideas and when they didn't work out, he outed the guys in baseball. EVERYONE knows who the steroid freaks are just by watching the game, and all these years the commission has looked the other way, but because it came to light in Canseco's book, it's now having to do something. 2 wrongs don't make a right. MBL and Canseco are both wrong--so neither deserves a damn thing but contempt.

Guest

Feb 18, 2009 1:08 AM CST

His apology is in the same place where he shot his steroids.

Guest

Feb 17, 2009 11:03 PM CST

MLB created this guy by black listing him. He still could play but baseball didn't like him talking about steroids. So he started talking about steroids when they locked him out of the game. I don't think he'll get his apology any time soon.

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