He ( Canseco ) went against public opinion and told the story of PED use in Baseball. Somebody had to blow the cover off the story. They all tried to make him look bad or like a liar. But his book seemed true . And the ones that tried to make him look bad, are the ones that look bad or like liars now.
@Jaqen H'ghar Im asking you specifically who trump is in the analogy? Is trump, jose conseco being blackballed for telling the truth? and if so, what truth is that? im genuinely curious yet, youre being intentionally vague for no reason.
He didnt do it to 'clean up the game' . He did it because he needed the $ . and wrote a sensationalist 'Tell All ' book. Im sure thats why he wrote the book, for the morality of it .
I respect him for being able to sit there calmly and listen to somebody list off all your biggest failures in life. I wonder how many of us would fare under similar circumstances.
Regardless of what anyone says , Canseco was probably ond of the greatest hitters of his time. He could could make a ful revolution with that bat from start to stop faster than most Major Leaguers Ive ever seen. Not only speed fast but powerful. I waych a game when the A's were visiting Boston one time . Canseco comes up , and hit a homer. Fairly routine, i thought until they showed the slo-mo replay. The ball hit the bat about 2 or 3 inches' from Canseco's hands , the spot with the least amount of power for the batter. Despite it coming that close to his hand Canseco drove that son of a bitch.completely over the green monster. Say what you want , but that shut that red sox crowd up fir a bout 6 innings.
@@shadeshiest22 He charges $40 at shows lol. I met him earlier this year at a show. He signed a free inscription for me, posed with me and shook my hand.
When I was a kid I waited for Jose to come out of the hotel n sign my baseball, when he came out he signed me an everyone who was there, I was 13 an will never forget the feelin that day, standing next to my baseball hero
he got mad becoz he was villanized and blacklisted for using steroids while mcguire, sosa, bonds, and Arod were being praised as baseball legends and heroes. "why am i being vilified when dozens of players are using roids? and they are being cheered." he told the world which players he knew were taking roids. i can almost see his point
honest desnt mean to snitch, honest would have been to talk about yourself and say the truth but doesnt talk about any other players at least dont give names. thats a snitch and is way far from honesty
boxing97 Rather leave that trash with the NFL players. Baseball players just take steroids because they want to be better at the sport they love. NFL players bring drama with them
@@tony_anello " Baseball players just take steroids because they want to be better at the sport they love. NFL players bring drama with them". You are an idiot.
He's the one who tainted the fuckin game in the first place . Then gets people hooked. Then snitches on the same people that he turned em onto. And he's your hero ? Jesus Christ kid , u need to seriously take a look at who u idolize
bananastan YT People pin it on Bonds because he broke the record, but yes Canseco was, like the interviewer said, “a living breathing waking steroid experiment.”
@@daveyboy_ I don't idolize any man but Jesus Christ and I'm not a kid I'm 61 and know alot about baseball .he was being honest and couldn't stand by and listen to all the stars say they never did steriods
and mcguire, clemens, sosa, and palmeiro, all lying before congress. all idiotically thinking because they were "superstars" they wouldn't get caught or have to face any consequences. it's what took down pete rose, all the bravado and non-stop lying, if they would have come out with the truth in the beginning they wouldn't be so hated.
I just remember McGuire saying "I don't want to talk about the past just the future". And the other idiots pointing at the panel saying, make no mistake I've never used blah blah blah.And then he tests positive. This is what gives Jose credibility.
He may not have known, managers don't know a lot. He didn't know that Tyler Hancock was running a drug ring in the Cardinals organization before he died
Say what you will but I Respect the heck out of Jose Canseco and I wish him nothing but success, he's a legend that deserves so much more than he's gotten.
Dan Peterson believs it or not now its adderal. Ive been on it for years because i cant concentrate but it ABSOLUTLEY LETS YOU CONCENTRATE BETTER MAKES YOUR REFLEXES FASTER AND HAVE NOOOOO FATIGUE.
Yeah he alone did more to clean it up. Bud Selig didn t, let the league profit . The owners too. And many are in the hall of fame and made humongous profits with new stadiums
His motive was revenge against MLB because no one would hire him , the other users for not standing up for him when he was black balled from the game and a chance to cash in on his story.
The greatest era of basbeball, you gave me good childhood yrs, thank you jose, mark,sammy, ralph, roger,barry, and many more. We will never forget you! You deserve your own section in the Hall! Thank you from a very humble baseball fan!
Jose Canseco hit 462 career home runs. For some reason, numerous people are fascinated with milestones like 500 home runs. With 462 home runs, Canseco was most likely to be left out of the Hall of Fame... If Canseco hit 500 home runs, his Hall of Fame case would be stronger and therefore, he would most likely never be a whistle blower about steroids. If Jose Canseco did hit 500 home runs, we might be seeing a different brand of baseball.
90s Sports Nostalgia a better case of the lunacy is Fred McGriff. 493 home runs. Clean. Won’t make the Hall. I mean, if he had hung on to hit 7 home runs past his prime, he would’ve been more deserving? It’s stupid.
Just an observation. Willie Mays, one of baseball's greatest players of all time, hit 59 home runs from age 38 - 40. Craig Biggio hit 71 home runs at same age in his career (his most prolific 3 year home run total!).
Just don’t lie about it when someone finds out, and you won’t loose too much respect. Jose came out and said he did it, that’s honesty. Lying about it I front of congress and millions of people, to come out latter and admit is some pussy shit.
@@yoo909 his confessions were some of the worst ever done. Respect lost from me. He embarrassed himself with the way he eventually came out. Like i said..we wanted mountains hitting skyscraper home runs...just be honest about it.
He's being very sincere and honest as he decided to come clean. This video should have zero dislikes. The ones who dislike it probably juice themselves.
Griffey often gets over looked in that era and his numbers were legit. He hist had injuries and slowly declined...like a normal player that doesn’t juice. Meanwhile Bonds was getting better in his mid-30s.
I think it’s totally insane how much grief roger maris got for breaking Ruth’s record then McGwire cheated to break it and he’s partially credited with saving baseball...strange fuckin game
Anybody who is at least 35 years old and you lived on the West Coast during late 1980s and early 1990s, even if you wernt a baseball fan you knew who Jose Conseco and Rickey Henderson was and the A's were fuckin loaded with talent. And in SF all those fans loved Will Clark.
Those late 80s/early 90s Oakland teams were loaded. Hands down, the most talented roster in the majors at the time. I’m shocked they only won one World Series during that era.
@@someguy7424 It's sort of like the race team with a super pumped engine beyond the race rules. They can run hard at times but at some point the engine might be inspected resulting in the team being accused of cheating.
Would the average fan want to see a player hit a 500 ft home run or a home run that barely gets over the fence? All of baseball knew players were using juice but it was bringing in an immense amount of money. The biggest hypocrite is the commissioner because he obviously knew but owners, commissioner, etc was making money. Once it was revealed they acted like they had no idea.
true but also remember that MLB went on strike in the mid 90's. They were desperate to bring fans back so were in no hurry to stop the roid use until they were forced to when McGwire got caught by a reporter with a bottle seen in his locker and the rumors started to fly. But it still took another 7 years when Jose's book was published and congress to call them out before they finally caved.
@@johnmongani5223 but it did way more damage long term because many of those kids who watched baseball in the steroid era no longer watched it after 2006-07 even if they still watch other sports, baseball’s median age of viewer goes up by a year every year, that means they literally aren’t winning any new fans at all
I LOVED steroid enhanced baseball! Mainly cause in 1997 nobody I knew wanted to go to watch or talk about baseball... In the summer of 98 you couldn't go 2 hours without having an enthusiastic conversation about Mac and Sammy. Most of my friends that found baseball because of the outrageous distortions from the baseball norms are raising baseball fans of their own now. So yeah it stains the history of the game but from my upper deck seat of the steroid era it was worth it.
Absolutely agree. I don't think kids should be doing it but it 100% made baseball better and while yes it gives you an edge a large majority of players were doing it and the ones that weren't that were still good did it on their own against people that who were taking. As far as Roid Rage goes it is blown completely out of proportion. I personally have a really bad temper especially when I drink. How many fights and stupid decisions have people made while drinking? Because I can promise you that it's far more than steroids. Steroids can add increased agitation but it's not this evil massive rage that people make it out to be. I know people that take massive amounts of steroids and are the most calm nicest people ever and I know people that take steroids that are extremely aggressive and angry but if you take away the steroids those people are still just as aggressive and angry. It may do something but not anywhere near the level of alcohol and other things that are legal. If an adult wants to put something in their body let them. I understand why steroids are not in baseball but I'll tell you what I miss when they were
Steroids or no steroids, it STILL takes plenty of skill to thrive in the big leagues. All the steroids in the world wouldn't help the average joe play the way those dudes play! Jose Canseco and all the other well known steroid users were solid ballplayers regardless to what they put or didn't put into their bodies.
Steorids improve your vision,power and speed though right? That would be a huge improvement to the average Joe and them regardless of how talented they were before that. It is like what people say with Bonds he was really good before them and hall of fame after them.
@@melbias5046 How many home runs did Sammy Sosa hit before juicing? Or Barry Bonds? If it doesn't make a difference, why do it? Bonds went on the juice because he knew INFERIOR players were outshining him because they were juicing and he wasn't.
I respect him so much. Thank you Jose for exposing all the cheaters who lied about using Peds because players like Barry Bonds should never be allowed into the Baseball Hall of fame
rwalfrey of course, that's because most people assume that steroids just make you huge. But there are many many many different types of steroids. There are some that make you bigger and Bloated there are some that make you bigger while you stay leaner there are some that lean you out and make you cut up there are a slew of steroids out there and most people just assume that you have to be jacked to be on them. I took steroids for the first time when I was 20 years old I was 160 lb and I got to 175. I wasn't big at all it just helped me get bigger faster
Exceptional Pleb LeBron and Wade. Google it. They definitely have. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the NBA knew and started testing the day after LeBron retires.
MARCVS LICINIVS CRASSVS absolutely. Strengths does help a little bit with hitting but you have to be a very good player before taking them either way. Now if you are already a player with great bat speed great hand-eye coordination and you're a great hitter and you had steroids than that strength can add some home runs. If you get 5 or 600 at-bats a year and you have 15 balls out of those at-bats that should have been up against the fence in the warning track that now go 20 or 30 feet farther because of your extra strength then that's where it can help a little bit. It can also help with your stamina and help repair injured muscles. In the long run it can break down your muscles if you don't take care of yourself but while you're taking them they can also be very beneficial to Healing.
That's the argument every Bonds fan makes. It's really weak and frankly, untrue You can't teach bat speed or hand eye coordination. No, but you exercise more than a non cheating piece of shit until the three pound bat feels like a toothpick. So actually you can teach bat speed, just make the bat feel lighter.
I like what he said in his recent interview with DJ Vlad. He said "if I was lying then all the guys mentioned could've filed slander and defamation suits against me but none of them did so what does that tell you?"
I've seen Jose in a subsequent documentary that shows how he suffered from SEVERE depression and other health problems. He said that he regretted steroids 100%. It's all very sad.
Bud Selig is to blame for the steroid use in baseball. After the strike in 1994 baseball began to lose money, and desperate to get it back, Selig knowingly, allowed the use of steroids, then tried to clean it up. Selig is the dirt bag.
Back then if you didn't juice,you wasn't going to win the game against guys using steroids,so if you didn't do steroids you wasn't going to win... He got tired of seeing others do better with enhancement drugs and winning games ,he didn't want to be left behind or traded so he juiced
I read the book recently & it's very good. They say "Anything superhuman is created in a lab" well, the labs are usually at home with the steroids, Jose was just honest. When you look today at this thing they call "The Fitness Industry" I call it the chemical industry. The amount of kids 17 & 18 years old in gyms that look like mini versions of Arnold is just ridiculous, yet people still deny it's steroids. Jose did this to enhance his career performance which made more sense, these kids are doing it just for girls & likes.
Jose Canseco turned out to be completely right and his haters turned out to be liars. I have regained my respect for him. During my high school years, I was a hardcore powerlifter and I used steroids all throughout my senior year. I gained 50 pounds of muscle that year and my lifting numbers went from good to incredible. I can tell you from personal experience they work and can turn a good athlete into a super athlete if you are willing to put in the work.
jakethemuss3 if you still 40 bases at this level of baseball you have to have wheels. He was probably 4.5 fast or close to for 1-2 years and the bulking up slowed him down.
@@LuckyC555 no you dont you just have to have good timing stealing bases is all about timing I played I know. If he ran a 4.3 he would of had some in the park Homer's. Dude was slow hes trying to make himself look like super man dude was a junkie
I bought this book the day it came out and believed every word. Records that had stood for 50 years suddenly started falling and players started looking like bodybuilders. Then you had 2nd basemen hitting 50 homers. It was pretty obvious if you just looked at the players.
I honestly don't care about what he did as far as juicing up. I just freaking loved that A's team. Never missed a game. I was obsessed by that particular team. MM was my favorite though.
I don't think that Jose Consaco should not have named other players who use steroids according to him. I don't think that was right. He should have only focused on himself not involve others. I believe that he is being honest regarding this. Thank you for reading.
I believe bud selig was a big proponent to players taking roids. After the strike in 1994 the game was flat and nobody gave a shut about MLB anymore. Selig needed something to bring the fans back, and that's when McGuire and Sosa took off in 1998
MLB had dry years, THEY knew it, then investigated what could pump up the game, and realized they had something with certain players, who were using steroids. Then THEY knew and allowed certain "productive" players to juice themselves in order to produce a more exciting game. The commish knew, the managers knew and many of the players knew. But it was exciting. And once they cleaned up the game recently, now we have rules changes to speed up the games and make it fresh again. I find it hard to watch the game....still takes too long for one nine inning game, and it's just plain and simple, a lot of dinking around.
seeing this and playing Senior Softball and seeing Jose out there a few times, he's always been a nice guy, and I should have told him that now I absolutely KNOW he has gotten blackballed / disliked by the MLB guys and gotten a bad rap.. he told the TRUTH... nobody's perfect but he was honest.... his brother is a damn good player too....
Mickey said, hell, if I knew that they were going to make such a big deal about hitting 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in a season ?? I would have done it......
One thing for sure, Jose was not running from anyone and was telling his truth! I never heard of any of the players he told on running up on him to physically confront him😂😂😂
"he charged his fans $2500 to spend time with him at his house while he was under house arrest" HAhahahahaha...That's beautiful. Can you imagine? "hey...let's go hang hang out with Jose for the day at his house while he's on a tether...we'll have a few laughs, maybe shoot up some roids...it's only 2500 bucks....come on lets go" friggin' priceless.
Wow. This reminds me of Lance Armstrong. Apparently it's very very very hard to be a top sports professional without drugs? Tiger, same thing. It's a tough world.
He's telling the truth. Who's gonna challenge him to a fight. Seen him once in 2008 waaaaay after baseball and he was still big, plus he's tall az hell
Funny how everyone said Jose was a desperate liar. And little by little, he turned out to be completely right.
Whatever you think of canseco; the book is a good read
He ( Canseco ) went against public opinion and told the story of PED use in Baseball. Somebody had to blow the cover off the story. They all tried to make him look bad or like a liar. But his book seemed true . And the ones that tried to make him look bad, are the ones that look bad or like liars now.
He was dead on nobody sued him cause they know he's correct.
You're right. 100%.
Howard Bryant was also right.
Blackballed from MLB & yet he was the only one telling the truth... Sad
@MANCHESTER UNITED
Fuck soccer.
Shove a soccer ball. 240 times.
@MANCHESTER UNITED bro why do you comment on every baseball video. Fuck off mate. Manchester United sucks
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C yea Manchester United is shit, and their players all suck each other off
@Jaqen H'ghar could you fill me in? i dont understand the point youre making.
@Jaqen H'ghar Im asking you specifically who trump is in the analogy? Is trump, jose conseco being blackballed for telling the truth? and if so, what truth is that? im genuinely curious yet, youre being intentionally vague for no reason.
The Father of the Steroid Era himself did far more to clean up the game than anyone else. Wrap your brain around THAT for a moment.
He didnt do it to 'clean up the game' . He did it because he needed the $ . and wrote a sensationalist 'Tell All ' book. Im sure thats why he wrote the book, for the morality of it .
And he also wasnt the father of the steroid era 😆
He is The Godfather
The father ? Who ? As in a creator , or a head of a syndicate , a boss
. Who in your opinion , and I can't see whoever as the father .
@Black Mamba well played
I respect him for being able to sit there calmly and listen to somebody list off all your biggest failures in life. I wonder how many of us would fare under similar circumstances.
It was in his best interest to do so. Besides, I'm sure he was pretty battle hardened from the media leading up to this.
That's hard
After all, he showed remorse for offending the sport of baseball, something others did not conceive or accepted.
Regardless of what anyone says , Canseco was probably ond of the greatest hitters of his time. He could could make a ful revolution with that bat from start to stop faster than most Major Leaguers Ive ever seen.
Not only speed fast but powerful. I waych a game when the A's were visiting Boston one time . Canseco comes up , and hit a homer.
Fairly routine, i thought until they showed the slo-mo replay. The ball hit the bat about 2 or 3 inches' from Canseco's hands , the spot with the least amount of power for the batter. Despite it coming that close to his hand Canseco drove that son of a bitch.completely over the green monster. Say what you want , but that shut that red sox crowd up fir a bout 6 innings.
I wouldn’t fair as well. And that’s truth. At least not yet. He’s a man for that
Jose Canseco is so nice 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I met him recently and he still loves the Oakland fans 🤠
Lol did you pay the 2500$ dollars he charges fans to meet him??
@@shadeshiest22 He charges $40 at shows lol. I met him earlier this year at a show. He signed a free inscription for me, posed with me and shook my hand.
I met Canseco at a Card Show in the late 80's. I still have the autographed card. 😊
Lmfao Jose is a G for keeping his head up and his attitude right for the interview
Some One a gangsta
When I was a kid I waited for Jose to come out of the hotel n sign my baseball, when he came out he signed me an everyone who was there, I was 13 an will never forget the feelin that day, standing next to my baseball hero
He cheated.Pick a new hero.
@@tycobb8735 😂😂😂
Love canseco’s response after the interviewer lists his rap sheet.
It’s basically “I’m not crazy because of the roids, That shit is all natural”
Jose was at least honest like the other players who were to afraid to admit
he knows the truth
*Y O U G R E E D Y D I R T B A G* Yep that's for sure
*Y O U G R E E D Y D I R T B A G* He had nothing left to lose and money to gain. He did it for dough only.
People are honest when they get caught and then he turned into a rat
he got mad becoz he was villanized and blacklisted for using steroids while mcguire, sosa, bonds, and Arod were being praised as baseball legends and heroes. "why am i being vilified when dozens of players are using roids? and they are being cheered." he told the world which players he knew were taking roids. i can almost see his point
now canseco has been vindicated. he was telling the truth all along. all all the players he accused were liars. hey the man was brutally honest
He wasnt telling the truth all along. Where've YOU been man? He lied his whole fucking career about it . Telling the truth ?
honest desnt mean to snitch, honest would have been to talk about yourself and say the truth but doesnt talk about any other players at least dont give names. thats a snitch and is way far from honesty
@@stephenr80 that is honest. You make not like it but it's honest
Meanwhile the NFL goes untouched
Neil Tipton exactly!! I’ve been saying it for years. Everyone just want to point baseball.
Neil Tipton NFL is mainly in the public eye for domestic violence.
boxing97 Rather leave that trash with the NFL players. Baseball players just take steroids because they want to be better at the sport they love. NFL players bring drama with them
You are correct, they are all 250 lbs. They come like this out of high-school. Selling their soul to the devil for fame.
@@tony_anello " Baseball players just take steroids because they want to be better at the sport they love. NFL players bring drama with them". You are an idiot.
If it wasn't for Jose, baseball would still be juiced in my eyes he's a hero for single handedly cleaning up the game
He's the one who tainted the fuckin game in the first place . Then gets people hooked. Then snitches on the same people that he turned em onto. And he's your hero ? Jesus Christ kid , u need to seriously take a look at who u idolize
@@daveyboy_ Is he considered the godfather of roid use in MLB? I was only 5 or 6 around the time of this interview.
bananastan YT People pin it on Bonds because he broke the record, but yes Canseco was, like the interviewer said, “a living breathing waking steroid experiment.”
Wish they were still in the game way more exciting
@@daveyboy_ I don't idolize any man but Jesus Christ and I'm not a kid I'm 61 and know alot about baseball .he was being honest and couldn't stand by and listen to all the stars say they never did steriods
Jose Canseco....most honest baseball player ever
He lied his entire career
Tony La Russa lost tons of credibility with this horrible interview....he knew.
No doubt
Probably just turned a blind eye. Everyone knew.
and mcguire, clemens, sosa, and palmeiro, all lying before congress. all idiotically thinking because they were "superstars" they wouldn't get caught or have to face any consequences. it's what took down pete rose, all the bravado and non-stop lying, if they would have come out with the truth in the beginning they wouldn't be so hated.
@@tomitstube People these days would rather drown with lying than come out clean and apologize.
You’re right about that!!!!!
I still love Jose. I can't help it, but he was awesome in his time.
I just remember McGuire saying "I don't want to talk about the past just the future". And the other idiots pointing at the panel saying, make no mistake I've never used blah blah blah.And then he tests positive. This is what gives Jose credibility.
"This is what gives Jose credibility" - Thank you , Captain Obvious...
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I DON'T know why people hate jose he is the only one telling the truth
Hu ss truth hurts
Truth is treason in a world of lies
Cuz no one likes a rat...
the truth of a lie? ya okay bud
People don't like those who snitch
Jose stood up and faced the music. There aren't many others, are there?
Jose Canseco told the truth - Tony La Russa is a liar. Thats what I just saw.
He may not have known, managers don't know a lot. He didn't know that Tyler Hancock was running a drug ring in the Cardinals organization before he died
@@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx he said he reported it to the owner but it just didn't go anywhere because the players union refused to allow testing
Yeah piece of shit
Used to be one of the managers I respected the most. Didn’t know he was willing to die on the cross like this for a fucking cheat. It’s a damn shame.
Alex Rodriguez owes his 2 monster contracts to steroids.
I bet that your a redsox fan
He owes it to Canseco who connected him to the ped supplier even though he was banging cansecos wife.
Arod was also really good at baseball
Y Marina He May have been a 600 HR guy without roids. That’s what sucks. Without his suspensions he was closer to 750 HRs or more. Smh
@@csgolf24 just like Barry bonds.
He's actually a very honest person
Say what you will but I Respect the heck out of Jose Canseco and I wish him nothing but success, he's a legend that deserves so much more than he's gotten.
Jose was right the entire time
Not 'right'...but honest. He was honest from the moment he wrote Juiced. He did lie about it during his career.
THIS IS FUNNY NOW!! They all paint Jose as the bad guy...every one of them is a bold face liar
Jose Painted Undertaker As The Superhero In Black And Purple LOL Canseco Bro I Don't Think Undertaker Needed That
And the owners profited knowingly off him and others . And than blackballed him when he could be played 2-3 more yrs. Stupid . Reinsdorf too.
Yeah but notice how he waited until he was retired to admit it.
Lol. Larussa knew!
👍🏻👍🏻💯
It took courage by Jose to do what he did. Baseball would still be up to their eyeballs in roids if he didn't do what he did.
Dan Peterson the game would be better and more fun to watch
Dan Peterson believs it or not now its adderal. Ive been on it for years because i cant concentrate but it ABSOLUTLEY LETS YOU CONCENTRATE BETTER MAKES YOUR REFLEXES FASTER AND HAVE NOOOOO FATIGUE.
its good shit!
Yeah he alone did more to clean it up. Bud Selig didn t, let the league profit . The owners too. And many are in the hall of fame and made humongous profits with new stadiums
His motive was revenge against MLB because no one would hire him , the other users for not standing up for him when he was black balled from the game and a chance to cash in on his story.
Jose sat there like a man. Mad respect.
canseco is a wrestlers version of the ultimate warrior.
I like Jose. I read his book knowing nothing about baseball and steroids. It was an excellent and highly informative read.
The greatest era of basbeball, you gave me good childhood yrs, thank you jose, mark,sammy, ralph, roger,barry, and many more. We will never forget you! You deserve your own section in the Hall! Thank you from a very humble baseball fan!
There is a separate section for them.
*💉💉💉💉💉
Dude could smash a baseball. Badass to watch him in real life.
Canseco played with swag, before 'swag' was popular.
You can't gain 75 lbs of muscle in 6 mos naturally.
You can’t gain 20 pounds of muscle in 6 months naturally
😂
Grab a needle and stick that juice in your cheek
Nope. Impossible
You can't even gain 75 pounds of fat in six months.
Jose Canseco hit 462 career home runs. For some reason, numerous people are fascinated with milestones like 500 home runs. With 462 home runs, Canseco was most likely to be left out of the Hall of Fame... If Canseco hit 500 home runs, his Hall of Fame case would be stronger and therefore, he would most likely never be a whistle blower about steroids. If Jose Canseco did hit 500 home runs, we might be seeing a different brand of baseball.
90s Sports Nostalgia a better case of the lunacy is Fred McGriff. 493 home runs. Clean. Won’t make the Hall. I mean, if he had hung on to hit 7 home runs past his prime, he would’ve been more deserving? It’s stupid.
I don’t agree. Definitely a good topic
Just an observation. Willie Mays, one of baseball's greatest players of all time, hit 59 home runs from age 38 - 40. Craig Biggio hit 71 home runs at same age in his career (his most prolific 3 year home run total!).
I respect Canseco's honesty, I gotta give that to him
This dude seems chill as fuck
Mcgwire looked like a monolith back in thr late 90s...who cares...We wanted monsters hitting 600 foot homers
Even hitting it 500 feet is freak like.
Just don’t lie about it when someone finds out, and you won’t loose too much respect. Jose came out and said he did it, that’s honesty. Lying about it I front of congress and millions of people, to come out latter and admit is some pussy shit.
@@yoo909 his confessions were some of the worst ever done. Respect lost from me. He embarrassed himself with the way he eventually came out. Like i said..we wanted mountains hitting skyscraper home runs...just be honest about it.
He's being very sincere and honest as he decided to come clean. This video should have zero dislikes. The ones who dislike it probably juice themselves.
I respect how he’s going about it and being honest
How the hell can you look at Mark and say, hmm he's def natural lol
So I guess Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Griffey Jr is realistically the best MLB players of all time.
Griffey often gets over looked in that era and his numbers were legit.
He hist had injuries and slowly declined...like a normal player that doesn’t juice. Meanwhile Bonds was getting better in his mid-30s.
Hank Aaron & Babe messed with drugs
Steroids made Baseball really fun, especially in the 90's
Steroids saved MLB in the 90’s
Exactly. I could care less if they still took them.
Very True Baseball was dead
They literally saved the game. Fans should be grateful yet they talk shit smh
Brians Redemption they are genuine they are all cheaters.
I think it’s totally insane how much grief roger maris got for breaking Ruth’s record then McGwire cheated to break it and he’s partially credited with saving baseball...strange fuckin game
Anybody who is at least 35 years old and you lived on the West Coast during late 1980s and early 1990s, even if you wernt a baseball fan you knew who Jose Conseco and Rickey Henderson was and the A's were fuckin loaded with talent.
And in SF all those fans loved Will Clark.
Those late 80s/early 90s Oakland teams were loaded. Hands down, the most talented roster in the majors at the time. I’m shocked they only won one World Series during that era.
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It's sort of like the race team with a super pumped engine beyond the race rules. They can run hard at times but at some point the engine might be inspected resulting in the team being accused of cheating.
Would the average fan want to see a player hit a 500 ft home run or a home run that barely gets over the fence? All of baseball knew players were using juice but it was bringing in an immense amount of money. The biggest hypocrite is the commissioner because he obviously knew but owners, commissioner, etc was making money. Once it was revealed they acted like they had no idea.
true but also remember that MLB went on strike in the mid 90's. They were desperate to bring fans back so were in no hurry to stop the roid use until they were forced to when McGwire got caught by a reporter with a bottle seen in his locker and the rumors started to fly. But it still took another 7 years when Jose's book was published and congress to call them out before they finally caved.
@@johnmongani5223 but it did way more damage long term because many of those kids who watched baseball in the steroid era no longer watched it after 2006-07 even if they still watch other sports, baseball’s median age of viewer goes up by a year every year, that means they literally aren’t winning any new fans at all
I LOVED steroid enhanced baseball! Mainly cause in 1997 nobody I knew wanted to go to watch or talk about baseball... In the summer of 98 you couldn't go 2 hours without having an enthusiastic conversation about Mac and Sammy. Most of my friends that found baseball because of the outrageous distortions from the baseball norms are raising baseball fans of their own now. So yeah it stains the history of the game but from my upper deck seat of the steroid era it was worth it.
Sarah Minifie I agree I'm a cubs fan and it was awesome lol
Absolutely agree. I don't think kids should be doing it but it 100% made baseball better and while yes it gives you an edge a large majority of players were doing it and the ones that weren't that were still good did it on their own against people that who were taking. As far as Roid Rage goes it is blown completely out of proportion. I personally have a really bad temper especially when I drink. How many fights and stupid decisions have people made while drinking? Because I can promise you that it's far more than steroids. Steroids can add increased agitation but it's not this evil massive rage that people make it out to be. I know people that take massive amounts of steroids and are the most calm nicest people ever and I know people that take steroids that are extremely aggressive and angry but if you take away the steroids those people are still just as aggressive and angry. It may do something but not anywhere near the level of alcohol and other things that are legal. If an adult wants to put something in their body let them. I understand why steroids are not in baseball but I'll tell you what I miss when they were
Fuck you cheating is cheating
Daniel Brady fuck you nigga
Yup. You nailed it.
This was the best era in baseball!
Steroids or no steroids, it STILL takes plenty of skill to thrive in the big leagues. All the steroids in the world wouldn't help the average joe play the way those dudes play! Jose Canseco and all the other well known steroid users were solid ballplayers regardless to what they put or didn't put into their bodies.
exactly
Steorids improve your vision,power and speed though right?
That would be a huge improvement to the average Joe and them regardless of how talented they were before that.
It is like what people say with Bonds he was really good before them and hall of fame after them.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants yep the warning track shots now go over the fence but a lot of people still dont get it.
@@melbias5046 How many home runs did Sammy Sosa hit before juicing? Or Barry Bonds? If it doesn't make a difference, why do it? Bonds went on the juice because he knew INFERIOR players were outshining him
because they were juicing and he wasn't.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants correct, steroids don't just make you stronger, it helps them see the ball way better.
Dude is brutally honest.
I respect him so much. Thank you Jose for exposing all the cheaters who lied about using Peds because players like Barry Bonds should never be allowed into the Baseball Hall of fame
The NBA needs to be looked at. The myth that steroids doesn't help because bulk slows a player down???
Marion Jones. Ben Johnson. Lance Armstrong.
rwalfrey of course, that's because most people assume that steroids just make you huge. But there are many many many different types of steroids. There are some that make you bigger and Bloated there are some that make you bigger while you stay leaner there are some that lean you out and make you cut up there are a slew of steroids out there and most people just assume that you have to be jacked to be on them. I took steroids for the first time when I was 20 years old I was 160 lb and I got to 175. I wasn't big at all it just helped me get bigger faster
Lebron James
Jon jones...
Exceptional Pleb LeBron and Wade. Google it. They definitely have. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the NBA knew and started testing the day after LeBron retires.
Steroids in spurts makes everything more exciting
"The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
Jose Canseco Vindicated.
It's perfectly fair to be skeptical regarding Canseco, but holy smokes on this he was almost 100% accurate.
I'm kinda here because of Lonely island.
that's exactly how I got to this video. Started the episdoe thing on Netflix but figured I needed to refresh my memory a little bit first
I still think he has a point about steroids not making mediocre players gifted. Can't teach bat speed.
MARCVS LICINIVS CRASSVS absolutely. Strengths does help a little bit with hitting but you have to be a very good player before taking them either way. Now if you are already a player with great bat speed great hand-eye coordination and you're a great hitter and you had steroids than that strength can add some home runs. If you get 5 or 600 at-bats a year and you have 15 balls out of those at-bats that should have been up against the fence in the warning track that now go 20 or 30 feet farther because of your extra strength then that's where it can help a little bit. It can also help with your stamina and help repair injured muscles. In the long run it can break down your muscles if you don't take care of yourself but while you're taking them they can also be very beneficial to Healing.
Sure it doesn’t help someone hit a baseball, but it makes them hit it 50-100 further. It makes them more durable also.
MARCVS LICINIVS CRASSVS yea but it helps you sustain during the long grueling season that is mlb
That's the argument every Bonds fan makes. It's really weak and frankly, untrue You can't teach bat speed or hand eye coordination. No, but you exercise more than a non cheating piece of shit until the three pound bat feels like a toothpick. So actually you can teach bat speed, just make the bat feel lighter.
@@p4t21ck the bat can be lighter but that means nothing if your bat path isn’t right (; #bondshasthebestprocess
Jose is so crazy, I love it
I like what he said in his recent interview with DJ Vlad. He said "if I was lying then all the guys mentioned could've filed slander and defamation suits against me but none of them did so what does that tell you?"
I've seen Jose in a subsequent documentary that shows how he suffered from SEVERE depression and other health problems. He said that he regretted steroids 100%. It's all very sad.
Bud Selig is to blame for the steroid use in baseball.
After the strike in 1994 baseball began to lose money, and desperate to get it back, Selig knowingly, allowed the use of steroids, then tried to clean it up.
Selig is the dirt bag.
Selig is rotting in Hell. GO EXPOS!!!!
I've said this for so long. It's like he started a fire then grabbed a hose and put it out. Then everyone calls him a hero.
what a competitor. jose is a legend of baseball
John Olerud, Paul Molitor, George Brett were competitors. Canseco was a cheater.
Tony LaRussa is such a politician lol. The dude knew.
The era when baseball was fun to watch...
Tony Laura response, seems to have known about the use from that answer hahah
The NBA & NFL goes untouched to this day
The statement he made about not being a major league caliber player if it weren't for steroids is an interesting one.
I don't give a fuck he still was one of my favorite players ever....
Back then if you didn't juice,you wasn't going to win the game against guys using steroids,so if you didn't do steroids you wasn't going to win...
He got tired of seeing others do better with enhancement drugs and winning games ,he didn't want to be left behind or traded so he juiced
wish they would do a follow-up story. Get Tony and Bud.
And my baseball cards fell in price. Thanks, Jose.
Should 've bought establish , known stars . PRE 1980. in fact pre 70 more $$$. I did .
Oh well
I read the book recently & it's very good. They say "Anything superhuman is created in a lab" well, the labs are usually at home with the steroids, Jose was just honest. When you look today at this thing they call "The Fitness Industry" I call it the chemical industry. The amount of kids 17 & 18 years old in gyms that look like mini versions of Arnold is just ridiculous, yet people still deny it's steroids. Jose did this to enhance his career performance which made more sense, these kids are doing it just for girls & likes.
Bless his heart.
I love Canseco juice doesn’t make you hit the ball just makes it go further
Baseball did let this go on for twenty years knowing full well that half there players where juicing.
Jose Canseco turned out to be completely right and his haters turned out to be liars. I have regained my respect for him. During my high school years, I was a hardcore powerlifter and I used steroids all throughout my senior year. I gained 50 pounds of muscle that year and my lifting numbers went from good to incredible. I can tell you from personal experience they work and can turn a good athlete into a super athlete if you are willing to put in the work.
True!!!
4.3 40? He never ran anything close to that.
jakethemuss3 if you still 40 bases at this level of baseball you have to have wheels. He was probably 4.5 fast or close to for 1-2 years and the bulking up slowed him down.
Yeah i agree no way he ran a 4.3
@@LuckyC555 no you dont you just have to have good timing stealing bases is all about timing I played I know. If he ran a 4.3 he would of had some in the park Homer's. Dude was slow hes trying to make himself look like super man dude was a junkie
I bought this book the day it came out and believed every word.
Records that had stood for 50 years suddenly started falling and players started looking like bodybuilders.
Then you had 2nd basemen hitting 50 homers.
It was pretty obvious if you just looked at the players.
You’re right about that!!!!!
Same here man, got it day it came out
I honestly don't care about what he did as far as juicing up. I just freaking loved that A's team. Never missed a game. I was obsessed by that particular team. MM was my favorite though.
I miss the 600 ft homeruns! Should be a steroid Hall of Fame!
Respect for him admitting the truth.
I don't think that Jose Consaco should not have named other players who use steroids according to him. I don't think that was right. He should have only focused on himself not involve others. I believe that he is being honest regarding this. Thank you for reading.
I believe bud selig was a big proponent to players taking roids. After the strike in 1994 the game was flat and nobody gave a shut about MLB anymore. Selig needed something to bring the fans back, and that's when McGuire and Sosa took off in 1998
I agree....Bud Selig is a sleazy, used-car salesman. Could you honestly believe anything that man said?
Say what you want about Jose, but he was telling the truth.
MLB had dry years, THEY knew it, then investigated what could pump up the game, and realized they had something with certain players, who were using steroids. Then THEY knew and allowed certain "productive" players to juice themselves in order to produce a more exciting game. The commish knew, the managers knew and many of the players knew. But it was exciting.
And once they cleaned up the game recently, now we have rules changes to speed up the games and make it fresh again.
I find it hard to watch the game....still takes too long for one nine inning game, and it's just plain and simple, a lot of dinking around.
seeing this and playing Senior Softball and seeing Jose out there a few times, he's always been a nice guy, and I should have told him that now I absolutely KNOW he has gotten blackballed / disliked by the MLB guys and gotten a bad rap.. he told the TRUTH... nobody's perfect but he was honest.... his brother is a damn good player too....
Mickey said, hell, if I knew that they were going to make such a big deal about hitting 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in a season ??
I would have done it......
He’s very well spoken and thoughtful be he speaks. He only told truth, yet he’s the bad guy
McGuire: inject me
Canseco: 😐 💉💉
Hats off to Mr. Canseco!
Snitch
Jose Canseco was right after all; he just whiffed badly on Roger Clemens who turned out to be on the gear.
One thing for sure, Jose was not running from anyone and was telling his truth! I never heard of any of the players he told on running up on him to physically confront him😂😂😂
"he charged his fans $2500 to spend time with him at his house while he was under house arrest" HAhahahahaha...That's beautiful. Can you imagine? "hey...let's go hang hang out with Jose for the day at his house while he's on a tether...we'll have a few laughs, maybe shoot up some roids...it's only 2500 bucks....come on lets go" friggin' priceless.
A1Adaydreaming that doesn't mean anybody showed up
Juiced is the best baseball book I’ve ever read
Wow. This reminds me of Lance Armstrong. Apparently it's very very very hard to be a top sports professional without drugs? Tiger, same thing. It's a tough world.
That was a good, truthfully honest book.
Maris still owns the HR record in my mind.
Devlins10 Maris and Aaron sre still home run kings.
Devlins10 until i see a dirty test bonds is the homerun KING Big faxts
Kevian Price look at the size of his egghead , dumbass
Devlins10 aint that a fact
Aron judge now lol
Interesting how Tony LaRussa defends Mark so confidently bashes Jose. He could of just said he does not know what they do on their personal time.
Coolest ballplayer ever!!!!!!!
He's telling the truth. Who's gonna challenge him to a fight. Seen him once in 2008 waaaaay after baseball and he was still big, plus he's tall az hell
Most famous Canseco's homer...using his head.
OH MY LOL LOL LOL LOL
Jose keeps his cool I love that!
You’re right about that!!!!