Well this should not come as much of a surprise that Jose Canseco has signed a deal to finish his new book on steroids in baseball and according to him and his agent many more names will be dropped in his book that was left off the Mitchell report. Now I'm not one to say Jose always speaks the truth, but so far everything he has said has been right on. Now according to him A-Rod and Ivan Rodriguez were left off that list and should be included plus a few others which of course will be mention in his book.
I think the steroid issue is a lot deeper than what the Mitchell report put out their and I guess we will find out how deep it is. People sometimes that are still in the sport will not talk, but Jose has retired and he has no problem it seems letting the cat out of the bag. His new book should be a very interesting read for everyone. It's suppose to be out on Opening Day. Now won't that be just perfect for great sales.
The real question I have beside the book is what do we do about the records that were broken. If they guys did have help how is that justice to guys like Roger Maris who did it fairly. Should we wipe the records off or put a asterisk next to the record. My suggestion is leave the record as it is and put a asterisk that reads competed during the steroid boom. This way Maris could still be part of the record and it would be up to the fan who he wants to hold the record. This will be debated for years without any real answer coming from it. I guess in the end it will come down to what each individual fan wants to believe and that's okay too. Steroids has changed baseball and it will never be the same with or without an asterisk.
Keywords: baseball, jose canseco, steroids
