Today Jose Canseco may have become the happiest retired baseball player alive. Jim Shorts Reports
The last time I thought about Jose Canseco, he was on my television talking about every baseball player he knew who was taking steroids in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. According to him, that was pretty much everyone. At first everyone laughed at Jose for trying to make a cash grab with his tell all book with an artificially enlarged title Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big.
Wearing a see through blouse is also called "pulling a Jose Canseco (don't worry it will make sense later).
Within a few years, no one was laughing at him. Well at least not for the book.
But they have been laughing at him since 1993 for possibly the worst/funniest play in the history of Major League Baseball. On May 26, 1993 while playing RF for the Texas Rangers, Indians infielder Carlos Martinez stepped to the plate. Then this happened:
And everyone laughed at Jose. Then they laughed some more.
For 24 years, Canseco held the title of worst play by an outfielder in the history of time.
Thanks to Zach Borenstein of the of the Reno Aces (The Arizona Diamond Backs' triple A affiliate) Canseco may have to give up that title.
Canseco must have been so relieved. His embarrassing moment will surely be forgotten and fade away into some cornfield in Iowa. No one will ever associate the name "Jose Canseco" with complete ineptitude again.
Wait.
Actually it looks like it is just the opposite. Apparently, it looks like the act of having a ball bounce off one's head and over the fence for a hime run will be forever known as "Pulling a Jose Canseco". So I guess we will be reminded every time an outfielder makes this boneheaded play.
Here are a few other things that are also known as "Pulling a Canseco":
- Mysteriously losing a finger at a card game
- Receiving only 6 total Hall of Fame votes
- Getting knocked out in Round 1 of a celebrity boxing match
- Beating up tourists in a Miami nightclub
- Losing $15 million in two divorces
- Wearing a see through blouse
- Getting caught smuggling in fertility drugs from Mexico
- Getting pulled over by police with a goat wearing a diaper in the backseat of your car.
Wow.
Jose Canseco is an even bigger tool than I remembered.
A word to the wise: never "pull a Jose Canseco".
For once this is all 100% true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Canseco
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/jose-canseco-got-pulled-over-with-goats-in-his-car
That goat must have some bladder problems.
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Real life people always laugh at you
But need to ignore them then we will get
Success. Jose canseco is great baseball player
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lol, God this is funny...
I never heard the goat with a diaper bit before...and wearing a see-through blouse...No way Jose.
That guy has lived quite a life. I didn't even mention the Madonna stuff. I think I could write a book about all the stupid things he's done. But people would think it belonged in the "fiction" section.
This brings back memories lol The last time I thought about Canseco was back reading his book Juiced when it came out. The book came across as him crying about this and that looking to blame everyone for his problems etc. He even claimed Bush W knew about him and other players juicing but didn't care.
I remember it well. But when he turned out to be right I completely changed my mind. Oh wait. No. He was still a tool.
Ya, the fact that he is a tool and right really stung hard! It sucked finding out each and every player I looked up to as a kid was jucing. Then you tack on the players strike and it was hard to watch baseball. I only recently started watching it again in the early 2000's. But I don't get into it as much as I once did.
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I am the happiest retired baseball player alive. Sorry.
No need top apologize. I really hope everyone is happier than he is. LOL