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Report: Canseco says he took steroids Posted: Friday June 07, 2002 6:41 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Canseco said he took steroids during his 17 years in the major leagues and plans to identify other steroid-using players in an upcoming book, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Cuban-born former slugger also told book publishers he helped obtain steroids for other players, Canseco's literary agent told the newspaper. Canseco also said some of those players, whom he identified to potential publishers, are still active, the newspaper said. Literary agent Ronald Laitsch required book editors to sign confidentiality agreements before meeting with Canseco, the Journal reported. Laitsch said a manuscript for the book could be ready by late August. The book is co-authored by Florida sports writer Bill Chastain. "Jose doesn't plan to pull any punches," Laitsch told the Journal. Recently, Canseco suggested that 85 percent of major leaguers took steroids while he played, but didn't admit taking them himself when he retired May 13. Major league baseball and the NHL have no policy regarding steroid use. The NFL and NBA prohibit steroids and test for them. The Journal report comes just over than a week after Ken Caminiti told Sports Illustrated he used steroids when he won the National League Most Valuable Player in 1996. Canseco refused to answer questions about steroid use in an interview with The Associated Press last month, saying he would give details in his book. "Basically what it's going to be is the true story of my life -- good and bad, the ups and downs," Canseco said. "I'll name names and discuss basically everything and everybody involved in it. There are a million things I could talk about." During his career, Canesco played for Oakland, Texas, Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay, the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. He finished his career in May with 462 home runs, 1,407 RBIs and a .266 average in 1,887 games with seven teams. He was hitting .172 with five homers and nine RBIs in 18 games for the Class AAA Charlotte Knights when he quit.
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