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       Vindicated - José Canseco
       By: Chip Date: July 21, 2011, 9:06 pm
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       [CENTER]Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars and the Battle to Save
       Baseball (2008)
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       I really didn't have a desire to read this because based on his
       ego from his first book Juiced and the title of his follow up
       Vindicated, I knew what was in store. Sure enough, Jose
       Canseco's ego is out of control. I don't know who has a bigger
       ego, Gene Simmons or this meathead. I will let Gene slide since
       he can actually back up his achievements. Jose, not so much. How
       can you really take this guy serious when he says that "Cal
       Ripkin has played for a thousand years, but does he have more
       home runs than me?"
       Dude. Stop embarrassing yourself. Comparing yourself and saying
       your better than Ripkin is just asinine on your part.
       I do believe that Canseco should have called this book "Nah nah
       nah nah, I was right and you were wrong, so you can go fuck
       yourself for doubting me". This pretty much sums up the entire
       book in a nutshell. The reason why this book exist is obviously
       to cash in on the first one by also promising to name even more
       players here: Roger Clemens and A-Rod.
       These two guys are the only reason why this manuscript was
       eventually turned into a book. The rest of Vindicated is a
       rehash of Juiced and stroking his ego ad nauseum. The book was a
       pretty fast read, but not very entertaining though. If you want
       a drinking game while reading this one, then I have a drinking
       game just for you (Iggy, you may want to try this one out
       yourself ;)). Every time Jose mentions his achievements in
       baseball regarding his 40-40 club, down a shot of hard whiskey.
       By the end of Chapter 4, you will be fucked up. By the end of
       the book, you will be dead if you continue playing this game and
       drinking.
       About 3/4th of this book is a waste because he literally uses
       whatever means necessary to pad the book to make it appear
       bigger than it really is. Reprinting his congressional speech
       word for word or both his lie detector test and a good chunk of
       the Mitchel Report is not what I call good writing. It's a cop
       out if anything.
       And the Epilogue at the end is another wasted chapter to add
       more pages to fill in for the fact that after the Roger Clemens
       and A-Rod chapters, there is no need for the book. Here's what
       you get in the Epilogue. You get to hear what Jose does now
       days. He likes to bowl. He likes to ride his motorcycles. He
       likes to play poker. And if that isn't enough, he launches into
       the virtues of playing poker. Oh brother.
       I'm being very generous giving this book 2 stars, one for each
       Chapter on Clemens and A-Rod. I absolutely do not recommend this
       book.
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