Canseco to Pen 'Juiced' Sequel

From the NY Daily News:

It has been a most foul holiday season for Bud Selig and Major League Baseball in the wake of the Mitchell Report's release. But the 20-month investigation into the sport's steroid culture — which outed Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte as having used performance enhancers — may pale in comparison to what former Bash Brother Jose Canseco has in store for Opening Day, 2008.

According to his attorney, Canseco has finalized a deal to publish the sequel to his 2005 best-seller "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," and is targeting the new book's release date to coincide with the start of next season. Happy New Year, Bud.

"We just signed the deal. ‘Vindicated' is still the working title. It's dependent on us delivering a manuscript by January 11. It's up to us now to finish up and get it to them," Robert Saunooke, Canseco's attorney, told the Daily News. Saunooke did not disclose the publisher, but said it would not be HarperCollins, which published "Juiced."

Sadly, I'm probably going to buy the book. Yes, Canseco is a dirt bag, but most of names he mentioned in 'Juiced' turned out to be steroid users, and just because some of the names haven't been verified yet doesn't mean they aren't users. So there's no reason to believe that this book will be filled with lies being that the first book wasn't.

As reported by ESPN, Canseco mentioned on Boston's WEEI a few months ago that in his next book he would be revealing dirt on A-Rod.

Canseco told WEEI-Radio in Boston on Friday that he has "other stuff" on the Yankees slugger, who he called a "hypocrite" who "was not all he appeared to be."

When asked if A-Rod had used steroids, Canseco told WEEI, "Wait and see."

"Jose has information about A-Rod and the Yankees that will be in the book. But, I am not sure if Jose is willing to disclose it at this point," Canseco's lawyer, Robert O. Saunooke, told The New York Times.

I'm hoping it's not steroid related and it just turns out that Alex cheats on his wife a lot. Not that cheating on your wife is a good thing, because it's not, but for A-Rod and the Yankees it would be better if there was nothing linking A-Rod to steroids in this book.

Does anyone else think that MLB regrets black-balling this guy?


By the way, the working title for the book is 'Vindicated'.