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       Juiced - José Canseco
       By: Chip Date: July 21, 2011, 9:02 pm
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       [CENTER]Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits And How
       Baseball Got Big (2005)
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       Taking a break from reading music related books and changing
       gears a bit to read about another passion of mine....Baseball.
       Before I dive head first into reviewing this book, I have to
       prefaced it by saying that I am a huge fan of Baseball. So back
       in the day when this cat Jose Canseco exploded onto the Baseball
       stage, I, along with everyone else, saw the ungodly things he
       was doing to a baseball.
       I can't say that I was ever a fan of his as a player or a
       celebrity personality. But he definitely couldn't be ignored
       with what he was doing at the time. So, that brings us to his
       book...
       ...Juiced. I never really felt the need to read the book.
       Everything has pretty much been laid out there by news media for
       all who are fans of Baseball or sports in general. But I decided
       to go ahead and give this book a shot at long last and see what
       all the hype surrounding it was. Good and bad.
       Having just finished reading the book yesterday, my immediate
       thoughts were that this was a really fast read. I blew through
       it in just a day and a half. I couldn't put the book down. Does
       this mean that the book itself was that good? No. It was a page
       turner because it reads more like that of a gossip magazine when
       dropping names of some of the biggest stars in the sport that
       didn't think twice about shooting up to give themselves an
       unfair advantage over those that chose not to do steroids.
       The other thing that came across my mind at the end of the book
       was in how funny it was. Unintentional of course. I couldn't
       stop laughing at the man's stupidity and ignorance about
       steroids and himself. I knew he had an ego. What I didn't know
       was just how inflated his ego was *insert steroid joke here*.
       Hearing him talk about what a stud he was/is and how awesome he
       is and how all the women want him was just a bit too much to
       take. I love how he says that he rejected Madonna. Uh huh. Okay,
       bub. Sure you did. I found it very humorous in that Jose was
       pissed that MLB, i.e. the commissioner, didn't approach him
       specifically. Had he done so, Jose would have single handily
       stopped the strike of 1994. Delusional? Perhaps.
       As for his writing skill, he is extremely repetitive throughout
       the entire book going on and on about the merits of steroids and
       his baseball records. And the way the pages were constructed, it
       came off disjointed at times, not being able to fully flesh out
       what he was trying to say.
       I can recommend the book if you have it at your local library
       and want a good laugh and a fast read. But I certainly wouldn't
       pay for this book. I was lucky to have it at my library as I
       would have been pissed to spend money on this one.
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       Re: Juiced - José Canseco
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 8, 2012, 1:26 pm
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       [center]Jose Canseco Banned From Mexican League
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       Re: Juiced - José Canseco
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 31, 2012, 6:48 pm
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       [center]No Way Jose: Canseco On Clemens, Steroids & Independent
       League Ball
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