@MANCHESTER UNITED it is popular not because it is great, but because it is cheap to play. most other sports you need some kind of equipment to play but in soccer, all you need is a ball
Once Canseco is in the stadium all I can see is that people loves him and corporation hates him. The same that happens in sports it happens in economy, politics, technology, History, religion, etc. They decide what's the path to choose. Make a movie Mr. Canseco and expose them. The players association looks terrible. People makes mistakes that's not a reason to condemn them. We went to Irak and killed children,women, entire society because "a proof of mass destruction weapon" that at the end was a lie. Weak up people!
The entire league was on steroids, the MLB was resurrected because of steroids and was a financial success because of these guys. Yet today they get on their high horse and throw these guys who were instrumental in mlb’s success under the bus.
Před 3 lety+5
Canseco is the reason I started juicing and it helped me in my career tremendously. Ty Jose....
He didn't hide the truth, good or bad; that was his crime in the eyes of major league baseball. He should always be commended for his honesty. He has always been a hero of mine.
Canseco made Major League Baseball confront and deal with an inconvenient truth regarding steroid use, and once the genie was out of the bottle, it could never go back in. He could've kept quiet, denied all accusations...and he' be in the HoF by now. MLB should be ashamed at the way they have ostracised him from the game.
@@TheBatugan77 Really? Even though they have failed to 'clean up' the game over a decade after 'Juiced', and yet continue to cast Canseco as baseball's pariah? I really think they should be ashamed.
@MANCHESTER UNITED I've seen your comment on numerous pages. Wouldn't MMA now take the place of kicking a soccer ball with feet? Doesn't "fighting" mean more to us all?
Yeah, we know -- a near lifetime of bad deeds but he's "really a good guy at heart". This classic is such cliché, by now, that it's becoming harder and harder to parody in some original way. Still it causes me to wonder about how us folk that don't do but one / one thousandth of the shit this clown has done should be measured. How "really good a guy" then I must be "at heart"?
You know, at the end of the day, the way Jose's daughter talks about her dad is the only thing that matters. Even without the fans, the cheers, and the millions of dollars, he must be doing SOMETHING right. I'm a great dad (if I do say so myself!), but I would have to be dead for my kids to speak so glowingly about me lol!
I was born, raised n still live in Pittsburgh. It was hard watching what happened to Barry Bonds. I liked Jose as player and person... Barry not so much as a person. I graduated at same HS as Joe Montana, liked player not the person.
No wonder why people don't care that our new president cheated his way to the office, took money from China. Cheating seems to be okay these days. Hey Joe, would he have been the best player in the world without the steroids?
@@OneCupOfCoffee204 First of all, our president did not cheat his way to the office. Second, Jose wasn't the only one who took it. It's what pro athletes do.
@@JoeBudd-D First of all our president is a senile old bastard whose son took millions from China while his father shut down any investigation by denying loans if the investigator wasn't fired. That's a real quid-pro-quo. Second of all, Really? He wasn't the only one? No shit Sherlock. And it's not what all pros do, only the ones who need to cheat.
Players still get caught using PEDs, all the time. At the start of Every season there are always at least three players that are suspended for the first 30 games for using. Only Alex Rodiguez and Jose Canseco got reamed in the ass by the brass of Major League Baseball.
My favorite player as a kid growing up in Texas. I genuinely hope he knows how much he has meant to baseball fans like myself. He's clearly a good guy and he had a legendary baseball career. I really hope Jose finds happiness.
I've never stopped liking or caring for J. C. In my eyes he did what he had to to survive in Pro Baseball. Now look at the price he's paid. I think he's paid for it all 10 x's over. Support him or leave him be.
That's BS..... They took everything from Lance Armstrong and even took his business, his money, his trophies, and EVERY aspect of his career. So.......I guess from all this cheating is ok in baseball like McGuire, Sosa, and hey let's just put you all in the Hall of Fame for lieing and cheating. What great role models you are. Maybe how pathetic we are for allowing it.
billbo baggins that’s different. Peddling a bike with performance enhancers to outrace competitors vs hand eye co-ordination & a killer swing is completely different
@LaMostraVia: I found it very selfish from his part, too. I married someone with a 5 yrs old son, and my reasoning was that if I didn't care for her son, then I didn't care for her either. So I made sure I showed affection to him, even though he was not my biological son.
Jose Canseco SAVED the game of baseball by outing the STEROID/PED's in the game. He told the WHOLE TRUTH and wrote the Gospel of baseball - whoever he said did steroids did it. Thanks for bringing Honest performance back into the game of baseball because now they test for it. Jose Canseco revolutionized testing for baseball. THANKS JOSE CANSECO! Because of you many PHONIES can't stand in the HALL OF FAME next to the REAL HALL OF FAMERS who DIDN'T use steroids. Too bad some people don't see it this way. I believed JOSE CANSECO from the time his book came out, and had many debates and discussions defending his book against fools who called him a snitch and a liar. How can you say that if he played on these teams and knew so many other players. You have NOTHING to be ashamed of man, you told it like it is, nothing but TRUTH.
The fact that his motive was revenge and money doesn't altar the fact that he told the truth, and the player's who called him a lair , Ivan Rodriguez and Clemens are the liars.
@@homerun8032 You would be angry too buddy when your peers sat quietly watching you be the scapegoat when they all know they’ve done just the same and deny under oath and let you go down alone.
@The Truth Hurts with Jose Canseco why? To fuel the narcissistic rage of the antibiotic steroids he can't even love his daughter because it's not really his daughter his girlfriend screwed the milkman and the steroids really messed up his IQ he's in love with himself and he will always be that 11 12 year old kid wanting to play baseball and not to grow up to be a man and take responsibility into his own hands. Buying house was just playing stupidity something a Neanderthal would do. I don't and won't feel bad for him. I feel bad for the homeless and crippled people.
Antibiotics steroids fueled the narcissistic range therefore he was in love and still in love with himself he can't really love a woman because he's in love with himself now what have we got here....
Jose canseco was the reason I even got into sports as a 12-year old back in 1987! He was THE MAN all the kids in school wanted to have baseball cards of! He looked like a damn Greek god out there at the plate-YOU Jose are a great person and you were a great player! I look with more disdain at MLB and all the other players who wanted to make that $$$ while keeping you out of it and to me I respect you more. You will always be a great sports figure to me-watching you play was part of my best childhood memories and I would never change that!
I really hope he could find peace and happiness. My heart aches for this wonderful, but confused human being. I wish there was something I could do to help him :(
"Heart aches" ? You need to redirect your energies/sympathies. This dude is living it up, low testosterone or not, he's still banging chicks, still riding around on 10's of thousands of dollars worth of bikes, bedding down in mansions, etc. all while "being broke" and "owing 10's of millions". We should all be so "confused".
This is a documentary from 2008. In 2021 Jose bought a new house in Las Vegas for $1.1M, paid $700K up-front. He also owns Canseco’s Car Wash in Las Vegas. Additionally he makes roughly $100K a year in signing gigs and personal appearances.
Jose Canseco is the guy that saved baseball. His tell all book juiced is what saved the game. For that he is a hero. Would have been nice if he told all sooner though.
He saved baseball twice. The first time by bringing excitement back to a dying game. The second time by telling how he did it, and exposing the whole ugly truth.
Saved the game... from what? From all of the excitement? The record breaking? From the huge electric crowds? Yeah, thanks for ending all of that back into the boring ass game it once again is today.
I too went through a divorce and I know every feeling he’s having, you do feel guilty and it feels wrong , you feel like you’ve let your child down and using someone else’s child as a crutch , it’s really hard. God bless you Jose, I’m praying for all the best to come your way
I grew up watching Canseco and all his greatness , never once imagining he be where he is now in life , it doesn’t seem real to see him as just another guy now, he was larger than life and gave a lot of us hope and desire to be great , idk the words I’m looking for , my heart breaks for him , I’ve never met him and yet I feel like if I could help him I would , I’ll always be a fan .
Canseco deserves forgiveness and at minimum should be a broadcaster. He's smart, funny, and entertaining. Nothing but love for the guy. Back then it was a different time. Wish him well. We've ALL made mistakes and we all deserve forgiveness, especially if genuinely sorry about the situation, and he Is. I hope Major Leauge Baseball welcomes him back one day. 🙏
Growing up in the Bay in the 80s and 90s, we were blessed. Canseco, Big Mac, Rickey, Stewart, Kevin Mitchell, Will the Thrill, Barry, Montana, Rife, Young, Lott, Run TMC. MAN.
hey jose i was there september 23 1988 in the bleachers with my mom when you stole the 40th base, that day i became an oakland a's fan also rooted for you and the oakland a's. awesome day. i still have the picture. this year i bought your yellow batting jersey at the coliseum and hung it on my room to remind me of that day. my mom died back in 2016 but the memory will never be forgotten.
this guy is as genuine as they come . Many guys will keep their secrets to themselves but i truly believe him when he says that he wanted the others to prosper and was willing to share his secrets and rely on his own talents for continued success. People like that are rare and he is one of them.
Hes really a more than truthful dude. I give him that. I've followed baseball since 1970 religiously and remember him so well back in the day. I never new who and what the actual Jose C was about. I've made so many very similar mistakes thats completely complicating my life in my late 50s. I feel for his situation
There are many of us out there that are glad that you wrote that book,no regrets bro stand strong and believe! you actually did make baseball great again and all your real fans will stand by you my brother!
Dude Jose is still my favorite player of all time he hit the first home run I ever seen in my life,it was 88 or 89 which made me 3 or 4!!! That’s not clear to me anymore but he’s the very first person I got to see bash the ball outta the park!!
Growing up, he was my favorite player. I got oakleys cuz he had them. in high school, when he was with the rangers and got tommy john, i had his picture from SI hanging up from him flexing and had the scar. he is still my favorite player.
I grew up in the east bay in the 80s, can't remember how many games we went to and watched him. Great memories! thanks Jose! I was one of the guys in the bleachers yelling our heads off for you!
I love Jose Canseco, I am too young to have watched him play live, but watching his highlights and interviews and everything he seems genuine. He's a good man who just wanted to be the best baseball player he could possibly be and it's sickening how MLB turned their back on one of their stars after promoting the stuff those guys were doing because it making money. I hope and pray Jose finds peace because he deserves it
Canseco and McGwire were Gods when I was growing up in central Cali in the 80’s. Ain’t nothin’ ever gonna change that. Seeing them play at the Oakland Coliseum, collecting their baseball cards and having their Bash Brothers poster on my wall meant the world to me. I’m 39 now and anytime I see the name Canseco or see him I’m reminded of how awesome he made my childhood. He was the best thing to happen to baseball at that era. It’s too bad what happened to him later on but damn he lived it up. Sports cars and beautiful women. World Champion and MVP. He was king of the world. And for that he paid a price. At least he’s still alive to tell his story. Thanks for this upload. I wonder why he wrote the book. If he hadn’t he might have a job in baseball like McGwire. Then again he might not. Money drives people and they drive Canseco and for that we’ll all remember him. I choose to remember him when he was Mr 40/40 and a God among mortals on the Oakland A’s. Thank you Canseco. For the memories and the warnings of steroids and money.
He was a beast but he created a lot of shit for a lot of people. He brought people down with him and I lost all respect for him. He got what he deserved.
Agreed. The book was a mistake. However I do not hold it against him because it was a heat of the moment decision when he was upset and not thinking clearly. Baseball asked for it when they turned against him.
I don't care what he did. I'll still cherish the baseball card he autographed for me coming out of the Cleveland stadium locker rooms when I was a kid.
As a Bay Area kid growing up in the '80s, Canseco was my favorite baseball player. I idolized him. I remember watching this documentary and being happy for him when he was approached by fans at that game after being worried how people might react. Then he gets served papers and man I felt so bad for him. But I don't care what anybody says, he's my favorite ball player, and I root for him still.
I loved the comment about how watching himself on tape is like watching another person in his body. I used to be a heavy pill popper and watched myself play curling on tv while i was high and felt the same way. At the time i didn't think anything was different at all i just knew i felt better... but a few years later looking back its really embarrassing to see how i acted. That's what drugs do... they completely change who you really are whether your aware of it or not.
Man you’ve grown buddy, you’ve lived the dream with a lot going on and your a survivor for it. Good luck and thanks for the years of baseball excitement. Wish you the best.
Jose graduated 2 years ahead of me, he would occasionally come back to C.P. to play basketball after school. I was lucky enough to play some games against him (with coach Parker) and he was unstoppable. From when Jose first left school to when I seen him again, he must have put on 100 lbs. of muscle. Jose made his mark and not many have accomplished what he did, steroids were rampant during that era, hitters and pitchers alike, so those that could did and those whom chose not to complaint about it. Baseball made millions off Jose and did not have a proper set of guide lines to stop the influence of controlled substances. Easy to look the other way when the tickets, merchandise, concessions are selling out. Shame on MLB. Not heard lately about him, this is an old vid, I hope he is doing well and has been able to find inner peace.
I loved Jose as a kid I remember going to my local baseball card shop and dropping 40 or so $ on his rookie card and it was my favorite possession for years. He was like a superhero playing baseball. I was at the playoff game vs the blue jays when he hit the upper deck. Rushed out to buy his book, while it hurt him big time personally it did help clean up baseball (50 home run players are going to be rare). I can see the sadness in his eyes, the game he loved betrayed him in his eyes, (although it can be argued he betrayed the game first). The money is gone and probably some of his "friends " with it. We all make mistakes so I wish him all the best.
I always admired Jose when I was young. And the fact that he made the sacrifice in the name of the game is what matters to me. "Godfather of steroids" wanted to tell it like it is. That's sacrifice. That's passion. I admire that. He needs to know that while he regrets making the book Juiced, he made an impact, and I'm sorry it was at a cost.
Pete Rose once famously said "It's a round bat and a round ball and you got to hit it square". It's a hard thing to do. I don't think that some people realize that just taking steroids doesn't, on it's own, make you a great hitter. Steroids increase strength and stamina and will turn a 400 foot home run into maybe a 500 foot home run. But, you still needed the raw talent to hit it 400 feet to begin with. It's great eyesight, timing, unbelievable hand/eye coordination, technique, practice and maybe the last thing is strength. The steroids help with the strength. Jose already had all the other things before he ever juiced. Don't ever discount how great a ball player he was only because he used steroids. I wish Jose all the best. In that picture of that congressional hearing where you see all those guys sitting there...McGwire, Palmiero, Sosa, Clemens, Canseco...there was ONE guy who was honest that day. And history has now proven it. And that ONE guy was Canseco.
@@usure9250 Canseco hot 462 home runs in the major league, 37th on the all-time list. Is it really that easy? If so...see the ball...hit the ball and forget it...Where are you on that list?
This guy is one of the Greats and after watching this it extends to the person he is off the field too. Give this guy a break, in the 1990's he made baseball super exciting to watch, I used to look forward to seeing the Oakland A's play the Blue Jays. It was like a spectacle to see this guy back then.
He's still lived more of a life than virtually all of us. He should go to high schools and tell the nerdy guys that they will have a worse life than the jocks no matter how much they obey their authority figures and no matter how much they continue to be conformists. It will not matter how many mistakes the jocks make in their lives. They will still have a better life. If someone would have done that for me when I was young, they would basically have saved my life.
if not for a back injury in 1999, jose would have been the first to break roger maris' 61. he had 31 by the all star break and was on a terror, would have been interesting how mlb and the media would have approached jose conseco, on the tampa bay devil rays, as the person who would break the hollowed mark of ruth and maris, my bet is there would have been people in the game trying to keep him from getting there.
Jose, I've been a huge fan of yours for years now and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt you've got what it takes to get your life back into some sort of normalcy. Keep on keepin on.
A human story. This just reaffirms my belief in reincarnation. We're not done till we learn how to be a better person. I'm far from finished! I could be wrong, but it makes the most sense to me. See you in the next life, I won't remember, but I'll keep improving. Only option I got.
Jose you will always be one of my baseball heroes and you are an honest man! My 8 year old son knows about you and he played his first baseball game today! - from Beijing, China :)
That process server at 31:53 is my dad. I remember him telling me that he had to go out and serve Jose Conseco at the Dirtbag Stadium in Long Beach. The next day he told me he was part of a documentary. Apparently the producers knew it was coming and my dad and Jose were standing there getting directions from the director before you see what was filmed here.
This man needs some management and start a pod cast: good looking, articulate and has excellent ability to express himself and analysis of sports. I think he will find a positive path. Very honest person
I use to be one of those Canceco haters. After watching this program and videos of him owning home run derby contests, I have come to appreciate the man, and what he was able to accomplish in major league baseball. So what if he made the deal with the devil and became Superman? I congratulate him for doing that because he got to live life to the fullest and realize the American dream. Canceco had women, cars, houses, and money. Life is short as we all know. On his death bed, Canceco can smile and say to himself, "I had a good life." The people hating on him wish they could live one day as a superstar. It is good when you can get it and Canceco fucking got it. He was the biggest attraction in baseball during the late 1980's. As far as steroids are concerned, they only help your body build muscle faster than normal, and enhance recovery time from injuries. Canceco was also serious in the gym and about what he ate too, which is the most important fact. Steroids will not help you hit home runs. This fact was proven when Canceco and Mark Mcgwire faced off in a big league challenge home run derby contest. Both men were big, and on steroids, yet Mcwire hit poorly in his first 3 at bats and was not as consistent as Canceco, who won the contest. Being a good hitter takes excellent hand/eye coordination. Drugs will not do that for you. Canceco had skills and a good swing. His strength was not as important to the equation as most people think. Rafel Palmeiro took steriods, yet he could not hit towing home run bombs that cleared the upper deck. He was not as strong as Canceco either. In fact, you can be as ripped, buff and strong as Mr. Universe, but if you have no skill in hitting a baseball, you will suck and most likely never make it out of the minor leagues. Steroids are not cheating because they don't do all the work for you. You will still have to rely on human skill to survive in the big leagues. Writing the tell all book was perhaps Canceco's biggest mistake, one that haunts him to this day. Regardless he is now one of my favorite baseball players.
Jose is a good man. I don't know him personally but it shows how good a man he is by signing the little girls bat right after he got served. So unfortunate for a man who stands to tell the truth be ridiculed as he has been. A hero in my childhood and still a hero today.
the book was the best thing. he's not a liar like all the others. i root for him
Yes I have a degree in Truth Verification and I have to say he seems to have nothing to hide
@MANCHESTER UNITED it is popular not because it is great, but because it is cheap to play. most other sports you need some kind of equipment to play but in soccer, all you need is a ball
@MANCHESTER UNITED which is why basically it's only very popular in third world countries LOL
@MANCHESTER UNITED no one cares that you flopped for a penalty kick.
MANCHESTER UNITED so, kicking a ball and flopping around and pretending to be hurt is the greatest sport in the world?
when he got served those letters at 32:00 and than signs that little girls bat immediately afterwards....shows he's a good person who's just lost
It "shows" that he knows he's on camera and had better put on a good act.
If I got just got served my mind can't be able to process anything. I'd be in a state of shock. Canseco really took it like a champ.
All we can do is pray for him
great comment actually, as if that moment is a metaphor for the bad catching up as the good is emerging..
Once Canseco is in the stadium all I can see is that people loves him and corporation hates him.
The same that happens in sports it happens in economy, politics, technology, History, religion, etc. They decide what's the path to choose.
Make a movie Mr. Canseco and expose them.
The players association looks terrible.
People makes mistakes that's not a reason to condemn them.
We went to Irak and killed children,women, entire society because "a proof of mass destruction weapon" that at the end was a lie.
Weak up people!
There was a time when this man was one of the most prolific hitters that baseball has ever seen - steroids or not⚾️👊🏼
The entire league was on steroids, the MLB was resurrected because of steroids and was a financial success because of these guys. Yet today they get on their high horse and throw these guys who were instrumental in mlb’s success under the bus.
Canseco is the reason I started juicing and it helped me in my career tremendously. Ty Jose....
FUCK MLB. It died after 88
@@redbeansricelytours7947 so u say 😆🤣
Yes steroids or not agree!!
He didn't hide the truth, good or bad; that was his crime in the eyes of major league baseball. He should always be commended for his honesty. He has always been a hero of mine.
Very open and honest. Any man who sincerely regrets and admits his mistakes, I respect highly.
Jose Canseco is really a good guy at heart. It's a shame that people and the MLB kept bothering him
Canseco made Major League Baseball confront and deal with an inconvenient truth regarding steroid use, and once the genie was out of the bottle, it could never go back in. He could've kept quiet, denied all accusations...and he' be in the HoF by now. MLB should be ashamed at the way they have ostracised him from the game.
@@johnniejay
No.
They shouldn't.
@@TheBatugan77 Really? Even though they have failed to 'clean up' the game over a decade after 'Juiced', and yet continue to cast Canseco as baseball's pariah? I really think they should be ashamed.
@MANCHESTER UNITED I've seen your comment on numerous pages. Wouldn't MMA now take the place of kicking a soccer ball with feet? Doesn't "fighting" mean more to us all?
Yeah, we know -- a near lifetime of bad deeds but he's "really a good guy at heart". This classic is such cliché, by now, that it's becoming harder and harder to parody in some original way.
Still it causes me to wonder about how us folk that don't do but one / one thousandth of the shit this clown has done should be measured.
How "really good a guy" then I must be "at heart"?
You know, at the end of the day, the way Jose's daughter talks about her dad is the only thing that matters. Even without the fans, the cheers, and the millions of dollars, he must be doing SOMETHING right. I'm a great dad (if I do say so myself!), but I would have to be dead for my kids to speak so glowingly about me lol!
She won't speak to him anymore allegedly....
Basically he broke a bond his teammate and stuff was going to have to live with it for the rest of life
Sadly, she has turned against him now.
This country is quick making you famous, and x2 faster making you look like a monster
I was born, raised n still live in Pittsburgh. It was hard watching what happened to Barry Bonds. I liked Jose as player and person... Barry not so much as a person. I graduated at same HS as Joe Montana, liked player not the person.
So right. Thank you.
@@stevenzeletski1730 you liked Joe Montana as a player not a person?
exactly
You signed my 1989 World Series ball in Phoenix AZ in the parking lot at spring training. I still have it! Thanks brother
I want it-
@@davidwest3847 My signed team World Series ball?
In 1988 Jose Canseco was hands down the best player in the world.
Yup sure was the bash brothers was fun to watch
No wonder why people don't care that our new president cheated his way to the office, took money from China.
Cheating seems to be okay these days. Hey Joe, would he have been the best player in the world without the steroids?
@@OneCupOfCoffee204 First of all, our president did not cheat his way to the office. Second, Jose wasn't the only one who took it. It's what pro athletes do.
@@JoeBudd-D First of all our president is a senile old bastard whose son took millions from China while his father shut down any investigation by denying loans if the investigator wasn't fired. That's a real quid-pro-quo. Second of all, Really? He wasn't the only one? No shit Sherlock. And it's not what all pros do, only the ones who need to cheat.
Highlight that asshole!
I've just grown a great respect for Jose, he's really changed over the years LET HIM BACK INTO BASEBALL!
Players still get caught using PEDs, all the time. At the start of Every season there are always at least three players that are suspended for the first 30 games for using. Only Alex Rodiguez and Jose Canseco got reamed in the ass by the brass of Major League Baseball.
Expos Classics
Too old
A's best attendance era's:1988-92 and 2000-2003.
Now he has health problems because of steroids
My favorite player as a kid growing up in Texas. I genuinely hope he knows how much he has meant to baseball fans like myself. He's clearly a good guy and he had a legendary baseball career. I really hope Jose finds happiness.
I've never stopped liking or caring for J. C. In my eyes he did what he had to to survive in Pro Baseball. Now look at the price he's paid. I think he's paid for it all 10 x's over. Support him or leave him be.
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Yeah while people like Alex Rodriguez and Mark McGuire get off scot-free.
Jose, we all make mistakes, and you've made some, but you should have a second opportunity on life...stay strong and never, never, never give up !
One of the greatest players to ever play the game...
steroids or no steroids it still takes a talent to hit a baseball and Jose had it all
That's BS..... They took everything from Lance Armstrong and even took his business, his money, his trophies, and EVERY aspect of his career.
So.......I guess from all this cheating is ok in baseball like McGuire, Sosa, and hey let's just put you all in the Hall of Fame for lieing and cheating. What great role models you are. Maybe how pathetic we are for allowing it.
billbo baggins that’s different. Peddling a bike with performance enhancers to outrace competitors vs hand eye co-ordination & a killer swing is completely different
K W wrong, they won’t work as WELL, they’ll still work.
Trillmxtic I played with skinny guys who used to take winstrol and prop, just for fast twitch muscles, they weren’t huge. Didn’t lift that much.
It takes talent to hit a baseball, but steroids may well have made the difference between a home run and an out.
He’s going through so much. My heart goes out to him. He’s basically a gentle kind man who takes responsibility for his mistakes. God bless him.
Yeah but the part that through me off was he refused to pay any attention to his girlfriends daughter. His reasoning is quite off putting
@LaMostraVia: I found it very selfish from his part, too. I married someone with a 5 yrs old son, and my reasoning was that if I didn't care for her son, then I didn't care for her either. So I made sure I showed affection to him, even though he was not my biological son.
No matter what, Jose will always be my favorite all time baseball player. Good Luck & God Bless you Jose Canseco!
Boy could he hit that ball! I really want to see him recover and succeed!
Same
I pray someone reaches out to Jose and help him. We all deserve a break. He seems beaten down.
Jose Canseco SAVED the game of baseball by outing the STEROID/PED's in the game. He told the WHOLE TRUTH and wrote the Gospel of baseball - whoever he said did steroids did it. Thanks for bringing Honest performance back into the game of baseball because now they test for it. Jose Canseco revolutionized testing for baseball. THANKS JOSE CANSECO! Because of you many PHONIES can't stand in the HALL OF FAME next to the REAL HALL OF FAMERS who DIDN'T use steroids.
Too bad some people don't see it this way.
I believed JOSE CANSECO from the time his book came out, and had many debates and discussions defending his book against fools who called him a snitch and a liar. How can you say that if he played on these teams and knew so many other players. You have NOTHING to be ashamed of man, you told it like it is, nothing but TRUTH.
BXGUY73 *_You should tell him this on his IG page or Twitter page!! I know he’d appreciate it!! This is a very nice comment!!_* ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
But the truth is baseball is still suck now . Pudge Rodriguez is in the Hall of Fame as a steroid user which is too bad
@@dontrellmayfieldjr2868 More like "FUDGE" Rodriguez (as in fudging his stats through his PED-STEROID use). LOL!
People usually attack you if you dare speak the truth.
The fact that his motive was revenge and money doesn't altar the fact that he told the truth, and the player's who called him a lair , Ivan Rodriguez and Clemens are the liars.
@@homerun8032 You would be angry too buddy when your peers sat quietly watching you be the scapegoat when they all know they’ve done just the same and deny under oath and let you go down alone.
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What you say is true , but if you are Canseco ,you know that you are burning every bridge that you ever built.
@@nikkibeacth they have no reason to be angry at anybody, but themselves. They cheated! Period!
@@firebird_spleen4190 if everyone cheats no one does
Man... I appreciate his realness.
Jose, keep doing what you're doing man. You can do this.
Thank you my friend, I will 👍
@The Truth Hurts with Jose Canseco Everyone and their grandmother has "started up a podcast" aka a bullshit fest
@@manofiske3318 in this case though it seems like something new for him and fresh! hell some people may wanna buy it to hear it!
@The Truth Hurts with Jose Canseco why? To fuel the narcissistic rage of the antibiotic steroids he can't even love his daughter because it's not really his daughter his girlfriend screwed the milkman and the steroids really messed up his IQ he's in love with himself and he will always be that 11 12 year old kid wanting to play baseball and not to grow up to be a man and take responsibility into his own hands. Buying house was just playing stupidity something a Neanderthal would do. I don't and won't feel bad for him. I feel bad for the homeless and crippled people.
Heartbreaking - this guy had it all - and lost it all, so fast! I feel for him.
@Steven - Yes, it was taken from him out of others jealousy and vengeance. I pray someone gives him a break.
He'll be back
If I make 50 million dollars I'll give him a million.
Antibiotics steroids fueled the narcissistic range therefore he was in love and still in love with himself he can't really love a woman because he's in love with himself now what have we got here....
Jose canseco was the reason I even got into sports as a 12-year old back in 1987! He was THE MAN all the kids in school wanted to have baseball cards of! He looked like a damn Greek god out there at the plate-YOU Jose are a great person and you were a great player! I look with more disdain at MLB and all the other players who wanted to make that $$$ while keeping you out of it and to me I respect you more. You will always be a great sports figure to me-watching you play was part of my best childhood memories and I would never change that!
I really hope he could find peace and happiness. My heart aches for this wonderful, but confused human being. I wish there was something I could do to help him :(
"Heart aches" ? You need to redirect your energies/sympathies. This dude is living it up, low testosterone or not, he's still banging chicks, still riding around on 10's of thousands of dollars worth of bikes, bedding down in mansions, etc. all while "being broke" and "owing 10's of millions". We should all be so "confused".
This is a documentary from 2008. In 2021 Jose bought a new house in Las Vegas for $1.1M, paid $700K up-front. He also owns Canseco’s Car Wash in Las Vegas. Additionally he makes roughly $100K a year in signing gigs and personal appearances.
Jose is a legend, I admired him as a kid and still do. He's honest and going through the human experience, which isn't always easy for anyone.
Jose Canseco is the guy that saved baseball. His tell all book juiced is what saved the game. For that he is a hero. Would have been nice if he told all sooner though.
He saved baseball twice. The first time by bringing excitement back to a dying game. The second time by telling how he did it, and exposing the whole ugly truth.
Saved the game... from what? From all of the excitement? The record breaking? From the huge electric crowds? Yeah, thanks for ending all of that back into the boring ass game it once again is today.
I too went through a divorce and I know every feeling he’s having, you do feel guilty and it feels wrong , you feel like you’ve let your child down and using someone else’s child as a crutch , it’s really hard. God bless you Jose, I’m praying for all the best to come your way
I grew up watching Canseco and all his greatness , never once imagining he be where he is now in life , it doesn’t seem real to see him as just another guy now, he was larger than life and gave a lot of us hope and desire to be great , idk the words I’m looking for , my heart breaks for him , I’ve never met him and yet I feel like if I could help him I would , I’ll always be a fan .
Well it was obvious after he wrote his book that this would be the result.
Canseco deserves forgiveness and at minimum should be a broadcaster. He's smart, funny, and entertaining. Nothing but love for the guy. Back then it was a different time. Wish him well. We've ALL made mistakes and we all deserve forgiveness, especially if genuinely sorry about the situation, and he Is. I hope Major Leauge Baseball welcomes him back one day. 🙏
I have over 20 of his 1986 Donruss Rated Rookie cards. My favorite player in my childhood.
Those used to be worth so much, I was jealous not to have one, like a Griffey 89 Upper Deck
@@chriskeck3689 what is “ so much?” Like $20?
@@stillnessspeaks4080 they used to go for over $50 at his peak
Growing up in the Bay in the 80s and 90s, we were blessed. Canseco, Big Mac, Rickey, Stewart, Kevin Mitchell, Will the Thrill, Barry, Montana, Rife, Young, Lott, Run TMC. MAN.
MARCVS LICINIVS CRASSVS don’t forget Barry bonds
MARCV I recognize you and respect your comments
Matt Williams !!
@@lifeabovetreeline Unsung great for sure
hey jose i was there september 23 1988 in the bleachers with my mom when you stole the 40th base, that day i became an oakland a's fan also rooted for you and the oakland a's. awesome day. i still have the picture. this year i bought your yellow batting jersey at the coliseum and hung it on my room to remind me of that day. my mom died back in 2016 but the memory will never be forgotten.
this guy is as genuine as they come . Many guys will keep their secrets to themselves but i truly believe him when he says that he wanted the others to prosper and was willing to share his secrets and rely on his own talents for continued success. People like that are rare and he is one of them.
Best player of my childhood. Wish him well
At that time you never saw anything like him..... One of the greatest
Hes really a more than truthful dude. I give him that. I've followed baseball since 1970 religiously and remember him so well back in the day. I never new who and what the actual Jose C was about. I've made so many very similar mistakes thats completely complicating my life in my late 50s. I feel for his situation
I've always said Jose was a truly good person who made some bad decisions in life. But, hey, don't we all? Yes, we DO!
But the worst mistake you can make is abusing drugs.
He basically saved baseball.
You mean A snitch saves baseball?
He, along with many others, ruined baseball.
Who’s going to save baseball today? It’s reported that only 9 percent of American sports fans say it’s their favorite sport.
There are many of us out there that are glad that you wrote that book,no regrets bro stand strong and believe! you actually did make baseball great again and all your real fans will stand by you my brother!
His daughter loves him so much, that’s so beautiful
Ive been looking for this ...love you for uploading it! i dont care Canseco was my favorite growing up
#me too!
Yes.. he was very popular in the late 80s. Then McGwire stole the spotlight in the late 90s. Then they both became scape goats.
Jose, wishing you the best. Thanks for sharing and helping others.
I dont care what any body say greatest of all time
This guy canseco should be a Hollywood star
Dude Jose is still my favorite player of all time he hit the first home run I ever seen in my life,it was 88 or 89 which made me 3 or 4!!! That’s not clear to me anymore but he’s the very first person I got to see bash the ball outta the park!!
Ken Griffey Jr. Is a legend and had an all around perfect game yet no steroid use.
how do u know
Growing up, he was my favorite player. I got oakleys cuz he had them. in high school, when he was with the rangers and got tommy john, i had his picture from SI hanging up from him flexing and had the scar. he is still my favorite player.
I grew up in the east bay in the 80s, can't remember how many games we went to and watched him. Great memories! thanks Jose! I was one of the guys in the bleachers yelling our heads off for you!
I love Jose Canseco, I am too young to have watched him play live, but watching his highlights and interviews and everything he seems genuine. He's a good man who just wanted to be the best baseball player he could possibly be and it's sickening how MLB turned their back on one of their stars after promoting the stuff those guys were doing because it making money. I hope and pray Jose finds peace because he deserves it
Canseco and McGwire were Gods when I was growing up in central Cali in the 80’s. Ain’t nothin’ ever gonna change that. Seeing them play at the Oakland Coliseum, collecting their baseball cards and having their Bash Brothers poster on my wall meant the world to me. I’m 39 now and anytime I see the name Canseco or see him I’m reminded of how awesome he made my childhood. He was the best thing to happen to baseball at that era. It’s too bad what happened to him later on but damn he lived it up. Sports cars and beautiful women. World Champion and MVP. He was king of the world. And for that he paid a price. At least he’s still alive to tell his story. Thanks for this upload. I wonder why he wrote the book. If he hadn’t he might have a job in baseball like McGwire. Then again he might not. Money drives people and they drive Canseco and for that we’ll all remember him. I choose to remember him when he was Mr 40/40 and a God among mortals on the Oakland A’s. Thank you Canseco. For the memories and the warnings of steroids and money.
that's right, he's immortal and he was one of the best of all time
I still have his autograph. Love it
Keep your head up Jose.... you're a STAR to me
Love You Jose! Thanks for all the great A's memories and joy you brought for us A's fans in the 80's and 90's. Your a fighter and you will beat this!
Great attendance years too
It should be called "Self destruction" of Jose Canseco. He'll always be my favorite player but he destroyed his own life.
He was a beast but he created a lot of shit for a lot of people. He brought people down with him and I lost all respect for him. He got what he deserved.
Agreed. The book was a mistake. However I do not hold it against him because it was a heat of the moment decision when he was upset and not thinking clearly. Baseball asked for it when they turned against him.
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YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYep.
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Heat of the moment?
You gotta be kidding.
still is
I don't care what he did. I'll still cherish the baseball card he autographed for me coming out of the Cleveland stadium locker rooms when I was a kid.
@The Truth Hurts with Jose Canseco which episode?
As a Bay Area kid growing up in the '80s, Canseco was my favorite baseball player. I idolized him. I remember watching this documentary and being happy for him when he was approached by fans at that game after being worried how people might react. Then he gets served papers and man I felt so bad for him. But I don't care what anybody says, he's my favorite ball player, and I root for him still.
I loved the comment about how watching himself on tape is like watching another person in his body. I used to be a heavy pill popper and watched myself play curling on tv while i was high and felt the same way. At the time i didn't think anything was different at all i just knew i felt better... but a few years later looking back its really embarrassing to see how i acted. That's what drugs do... they completely change who you really are whether your aware of it or not.
Still one of my heros love to play softball either with or against him, how kick ass would that be to play with or against a hero.
that would be awesome
My favorite player of all time
A very sad ending for this 80's legend.
Man you’ve grown buddy, you’ve lived the dream with a lot going on and your a survivor for it. Good luck and thanks for the years of baseball excitement. Wish you the best.
Jose graduated 2 years ahead of me, he would occasionally come back to C.P. to play basketball after school. I was lucky enough to play some games against him (with coach Parker) and he was unstoppable. From when Jose first left school to when I seen him again, he must have put on 100 lbs. of muscle. Jose made his mark and not many have accomplished what he did, steroids were rampant during that era, hitters and pitchers alike, so those that could did and those whom chose not to complaint about it. Baseball made millions off Jose and did not have a proper set of guide lines to stop the influence of controlled substances. Easy to look the other way when the tickets, merchandise, concessions are selling out. Shame on MLB. Not heard lately about him, this is an old vid, I hope he is doing well and has been able to find inner peace.
I loved Jose as a kid I remember going to my local baseball card shop and dropping 40 or so $ on his rookie card and it was my favorite possession for years. He was like a superhero playing baseball. I was at the playoff game vs the blue jays when he hit the upper deck. Rushed out to buy his book, while it hurt him big time personally it did help clean up baseball (50 home run players are going to be rare). I can see the sadness in his eyes, the game he loved betrayed him in his eyes, (although it can be argued he betrayed the game first). The money is gone and probably some of his "friends " with it. We all make mistakes so I wish him all the best.
He’s a good guy at heart
You know what I love about jose? His honest period.......
I always admired Jose when I was young. And the fact that he made the sacrifice in the name of the game is what matters to me. "Godfather of steroids" wanted to tell it like it is. That's sacrifice. That's passion. I admire that. He needs to know that while he regrets making the book Juiced, he made an impact, and I'm sorry it was at a cost.
...and the money. Can't forget that!
Pete Rose once famously said "It's a round bat and a round ball and you got to hit it square". It's a hard thing to do. I don't think that some people realize that just taking steroids doesn't, on it's own, make you a great hitter. Steroids increase strength and stamina and will turn a 400 foot home run into maybe a 500 foot home run. But, you still needed the raw talent to hit it 400 feet to begin with. It's great eyesight, timing, unbelievable hand/eye coordination, technique, practice and maybe the last thing is strength. The steroids help with the strength. Jose already had all the other things before he ever juiced. Don't ever discount how great a ball player he was only because he used steroids. I wish Jose all the best. In that picture of that congressional hearing where you see all those guys sitting there...McGwire, Palmiero, Sosa, Clemens, Canseco...there was ONE guy who was honest that day. And history has now proven it. And that ONE guy was Canseco.
A1Adaydreaming you over thinking. See the ball hit the ball and forget it and do it again
@@usure9250 Canseco hot 462 home runs in the major league, 37th on the all-time list. Is it really that easy? If so...see the ball...hit the ball and forget it...Where are you on that list?
He was my favorite. They weren’t illegal! At the time. Hell with those who shut him out. All the great players in late 80s n 90s. Did them.
I can tell Jose is a sincere guy.
This guy is one of the Greats and after watching this it extends to the person he is off the field too. Give this guy a break, in the 1990's he made baseball super exciting to watch, I used to look forward to seeing the Oakland A's play the Blue Jays. It was like a spectacle to see this guy back then.
"Honesty is the best policy until that policy martyrs you." - brian padrick drake
Best of luck to you Jose. True fans love you and the sick people always kick the ones that are down to make themselves feel better. Keep the faith.
THIS IS LIKE MY 3RD TIME WATCHING THIS > I REALLY LIKE THIS GUY AND HE'S HOLDING HIS END AS A DAD ! TODAY HE HAS INTEGRITY .
PUT GOD IN YOUR LIFE JOSE AND HELL GIVE YOU BACK WHAT YOU ONCE LOVED YOUR A BIG INSPIRATION PAY YOURS DUES AND START FRESH GOD BLESS YOU OG
I always thought Jose was a nice guy. I met him at 24 hour fitness in Northridge CA. Very cool guy and funny
Jose is the greatest. Best player in baseball in the late 80s.
He's still lived more of a life than virtually all of us. He should go to high schools and tell the nerdy guys that they will have a worse life than the jocks no matter how much they obey their authority figures and no matter how much they continue to be conformists. It will not matter how many mistakes the jocks make in their lives. They will still have a better life. If someone would have done that for me when I was young, they would basically have saved my life.
Jose, voy a ti hermano, que Dios te bendiga
if not for a back injury in 1999, jose would have been the first to break roger maris' 61. he had 31 by the all star break and was on a terror, would have been interesting how mlb and the media would have approached jose conseco, on the tampa bay devil rays, as the person who would break the hollowed mark of ruth and maris, my bet is there would have been people in the game trying to keep him from getting there.
Dude it was broken in 98 already
@@otnielvlieg2489 lol, your cold blooded for that.
This was a good video. Jose Canseco was the man, I will never forget that!
ALways liked him, and admired his skills, and his honesty even moreso
They need to leave him alone
Damn, this is like 10 years old
Jose, I've been a huge fan of yours for years now and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt you've got what it takes to get your life back into some sort of normalcy. Keep on keepin on.
Man, I’m sending my blessings to you Jose Canseco, I didn’t knew much about you but this hurts, I’m from Chicago
A human story. This just reaffirms my belief in reincarnation. We're not done till we learn how to be a better person. I'm far from finished! I could be wrong, but it makes the most sense to me. See you in the next life, I won't remember, but I'll keep improving. Only option I got.
If this is the worst time in his life then he has never went through anything. He has no idea what it is truly like to have a hard life.
He's tasted the highest of highs. That's the difference between Jose and the common man. He had the dream and he lost it.
@@mrfake675 just like Kurt Cobain
Jose you will always be one of my baseball heroes and you are an honest man! My 8 year old son knows about you and he played his first baseball game today! - from Beijing, China :)
That process server at 31:53 is my dad. I remember him telling me that he had to go out and serve Jose Conseco at the Dirtbag Stadium in Long Beach. The next day he told me he was part of a documentary.
Apparently the producers knew it was coming and my dad and Jose were standing there getting directions from the director before you see what was filmed here.
Jose has a beautiful, intelligent and caring woman 1/2 his age. Things could be worse.
David Berger. no no kidded he had a real good life.
She's married to Chuck Liddell now. I bet Jose enjoyed it while it lasted though.
No shit he probably dumped her.
@@johnniejay LMFAO!!!!
Man that Heidi is too much. “I care so much about Jose” while trashing him to the camera crew saying she wants to leave.
👍🏻👍🏻💯You right she was never good women to Jose
She's married to Chuck liddell
This man needs some management and start a pod cast: good looking, articulate and has excellent ability to express himself and analysis of sports. I think he will find a positive path. Very honest person
I've always loved this guy.
I saw Dave Henderson and Jose Canseco hit back-to-back over the fence home runs in person back in 1988.
Over the fence, huh?
@@904jagzsuck5 Yeah at the King Dome in Seattle, Washington in 1988 during Baseball season.
@@U2BEMatchmaker my point was who says 'over the fence' home runs? 😂
99.999999999% of home runs ARE over the fence.
@@U2BEMatchmaker during baseball season? No way.
I use to be one of those Canceco haters. After watching this program and videos of him owning home run derby contests, I have come to appreciate the man, and what he was able to accomplish in major league baseball. So what if he made the deal with the devil and became Superman? I congratulate him for doing that because he got to live life to the fullest and realize the American dream. Canceco had women, cars, houses, and money. Life is short as we all know. On his death bed, Canceco can smile and say to himself, "I had a good life." The people hating on him wish they could live one day as a superstar. It is good when you can get it and Canceco fucking got it. He was the biggest attraction in baseball during the late 1980's. As far as steroids are concerned, they only help your body build muscle faster than normal, and enhance recovery time from injuries. Canceco was also serious in the gym and about what he ate too, which is the most important fact. Steroids will not help you hit home runs. This fact was proven when Canceco and Mark Mcgwire faced off in a big league challenge home run derby contest. Both men were big, and on steroids, yet Mcwire hit poorly in his first 3 at bats and was not as consistent as Canceco, who won the contest. Being a good hitter takes excellent hand/eye coordination. Drugs will not do that for you. Canceco had skills and a good swing. His strength was not as important to the equation as most people think. Rafel Palmeiro took steriods, yet he could not hit towing home run bombs that cleared the upper deck. He was not as strong as Canceco either. In fact, you can be as ripped, buff and strong as Mr. Universe, but if you have no skill in hitting a baseball, you will suck and most likely never make it out of the minor leagues. Steroids are not cheating because they don't do all the work for you. You will still have to rely on human skill to survive in the big leagues. Writing the tell all book was perhaps Canceco's biggest mistake, one that haunts him to this day. Regardless he is now one of my favorite baseball players.
Greatest player in late 80s. He still had talent. He is commended for helping kids see the danger of steroids.
Jose is a good man. I don't know him personally but it shows how good a man he is by signing the little girls bat right after he got served. So unfortunate for a man who stands to tell the truth be ridiculed as he has been. A hero in my childhood and still a hero today.