Jose Canseco just won't go away. The whistle-blower on the use of steroids in Major League Baseball has attempted to reconcile his relationship with Mark McGwire, his former teammate with the Oakland Athletics.
Canseco, wrote Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big in 2005, a tell-all book about the widespread use if steroids in MLB. In the book Canseco named multiple players he said were using steroids, including his former Bash Brother, McGwire.
The Athletic's had a 25 year anniversary for their 1989 World Series title recently, where Canseco apologized to McGwire for naming him in the book.
Canseco then offered an apology to McGwire on Twitter on Wednesday. The gesture may have felt more sincere had Canseco actually spelled his name correctly.
Mark McGuire I know you're mad at me, but believe me.... No one is more mad at me than myself for writing that book.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) July 24, 2014
I respected u as a player & person. Ive suffered more than anyone from writing this book..I don't know how else to say I'm sorry. - your fan
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) July 24, 2014
"It's too late. I don't care to ever speak to him again," said McGwire to ESPN Los Angeles.
ESPN also said this is not the first time Canseco has tried to apologize to McGwire. Back in 2012 he wore a shirt which read "Sorry for everything, Mark" to a Cardinals game. At the time McGwire was the hitting coach for the Cards.
McGwire no doubt sees Canseco as the reason he has not been voted into the Hall of Fame, even though he has hit the tenth most home runs in MLB history with 583.
This is merely another attempt for Canseco to get back in the media. Canseco appeared on Season 5 of VH1's television show The Surreal Life, which gets a bunch of D-list celebrities to live together and shame themselves for a few weeks.
Canseco's recent attempts to get attention may be to create buzz for a new science fiction movie he will be appearing in, entitled Piranha Sharks. Hopefully his acting career takes off, so he can stay away from baseball, for good.