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In the wake of seeing another of his PED allegations prove true, Jose Canseco decided to hold a press conference in Beverly Hills on Thursday to address the inevitable horde of media eager to capture his "I told you so." Only problem? The presser was only attended by a reporter from the Associated Press, a photographer, four camera crews and his lawyer.

Wait, so you mean being a sideshow fighter to fill the time between being a baseball avenger is going to decrease interest in your other public appearances? You don't say!  

From the Associated Press:

It was probably fitting that Canseco was dressed all in black, given the news about Ramirez was the latest public relations mess for baseball officials. Canseco was visibly upset about being forced out of the game and can't believe other players aren't meeting a similar fate.

"I didn't get a second chance, I didn't get a fine," Canseco said. "I didn't get the chance these players are getting these days."

I'll give Canseco a big BLS head nod for bagging another trophy buck, but can he please stop with the whole "forced out of the game" and "no second chances" spiel already? He played 17 seasons for six different teams. So that would technically be five second chances, all while being injected with enough steroids to paralyze a brachiosaurus. Currently, the reason no one wants him back in baseball is because he's an unbearable weirdo that, as this picture clearly illustrates, no one can stand to be around

Thanks (?) to NBC Los Angeles, we have embedded video of the presser below the jump.

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  1. Trey_izzo
    1. Posted by Trey_izzo Fri May 08, 2009 11:46 am EDT

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    You know you are alone in the world when not even TMZ shows up!
  2. uhh, clem
    2. Posted by uhh, clem Fri May 08, 2009 11:47 am EDT

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    If Jose tells us that the earth is flat, we all better pay attention!
  3. eyebleaf
    3. Posted by eyebleaf Fri May 08, 2009 11:50 am EDT

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    vindicated!!!!!1
  4. Phil M
    4. Posted by Phil M Fri May 08, 2009 11:51 am EDT

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    He was black balled by the league though in the end. yes, he played for 17 seasons but he was black balled.
    And he also keeps saying "go after the MLB MLBPA" but nobody wants to talk about that for some reason...
  5. sam spade
    5. Posted by sam spade Fri May 08, 2009 11:54 am EDT

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    Free Barry Bonds from being black balled
  6. Jeff K
    6. Posted by Jeff K Fri May 08, 2009 11:55 am EDT

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    That reporter just showed up to say "FIRST!"
  7. Instant Money
    7. Posted by Instant Money Fri May 08, 2009 11:56 am EDT

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    "The presser was only attended by a reporter from the Associated Press", but yet Yahoo deems it worthy of a blog. Yesterday ESPN actually credited Yahoo sports for breaking the Favre/Vikings story. Way to go ESPN, blame Yahoo for the lame story, just in case its not credible.
  8. Missed Draft Defending Champ
    8. Posted by Missed Draft Defending Champ Fri May 08, 2009 12:06 pm EDT

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    What Yahoo failed to report is that the conference room is indeed full for Canseco's press conference, its just that the reporters are very very tiny and you can't see them on the chairs which are obscured by the back support.
  9. BSchu
    9. Posted by BSchu Fri May 08, 2009 12:30 pm EDT

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    This guy has been a loser, and always will be a loser. You suck Cansucko
  10. Wayne M
    10. Posted by Wayne M Fri May 08, 2009 12:47 pm EDT

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    Shouldn't he be training for his MMA fight?
  11. JanSy
    11. Posted by JanSy Fri May 08, 2009 12:49 pm EDT

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    Take this all you haters:
    http://www.squidoo.com/baseball-and-steroids
  12. April O
    12. Posted by April O Fri May 08, 2009 1:08 pm EDT

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    phil m . Blackballed or not ? There are cardinal Rules . And this one was the ultimate for any athlete..
  13. steeler1622
    13. Posted by steeler1622 Fri May 08, 2009 1:24 pm EDT

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    Lets face it folks, Jose is an idiot but we were all enjoying what he was doing to a baseball in his hayday. He was fun to watch and entertaining. Look at McGuire, he and Sosa put baseball on the map with their homerun chase and all of us ate it up. Now, A rod and Manny. Good ridence to all of them, when are we going to wake up as fans and realize that these people are not role models. Now a days one may be able to look in a prison and find someone with more credibility than any of the names I just mentioned. I suggest that kids look at thier parents or grandparents as role models, unless their parents don't work or earn and honest days wage.
    If we stop going to games and paying ridiculous prices then something would have to happen, otherwise we are just going to see more unearned money go to some unproven premadanna who cheats to get were he wants in life.
    Last complaint, I heard Anheauser Busch say that the prices of beer are high at the games because they did not want a bunch of drunk drivers on the roads. Sounds valid to me, but why are hotdogs, soda, cotton candy, hot chocolate, and anything else so high, they don't cuase you to drive drunk???
  14. Anrkist
    14. Posted by Anrkist Fri May 08, 2009 2:19 pm EDT

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    I feel for him in some ways, other ways not so much. He made some poor choices and has become a drug addict for them. This is pretty embarrassing to see though.
  15. teamsterRON
    15. Posted by teamsterRON Fri May 08, 2009 3:22 pm EDT

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    to quote a line from SCARFACE... "why dont you stick your head up your *** and see if it fits".... no one cares....lets talk to OZZIE instead!
  16. Stop looking at me.
    16. Posted by Stop looking at me. Fri May 08, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    Baseball would be hurt as a sport if the truth came out as far as how many and who are guilty of using. Hush hush is what MLB has as its answer.
  17. rono
    17. Posted by rono Fri May 08, 2009 3:31 pm EDT

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    dave kingman was black-balled
  18. Ray Ray Mc Boom Boom
    18. Posted by Ray Ray Mc Boom Boom Fri May 08, 2009 3:34 pm EDT

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    CANNED SACO is a hater he is calling out names because he craves attention and wants to stay in the spot light but as u can see nobody cares for a snitch!!!
  19. commish_15
    19. Posted by commish_15 Fri May 08, 2009 3:35 pm EDT

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    picture speaks a thousand words, but to me, it speaks 1001 words in that baseball, no matter what, is embarrassed to acknowledge and Jose Canseco is and has been right all along.
    this looks more like a protest against Canseco for being right than anything.
  20. bill l
    20. Posted by bill l Fri May 08, 2009 3:46 pm EDT

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    i dont really care who took steriods its becoming a joke. if you think for one minute that illegal stubstance will make you hit the ball better or longer or whatever,then why have mini camps,camps,springtraining etc, for every sport, take steriods and get ready for the start of the season, its a joke. if these guys are willing to put their bodies on the line to make sports better then so be it. im just sick and tired of the hole thing.i know steriods is illegal and against the rules, but cmon give it up already those guys were sick.
  21. mj
    21. Posted by mj Fri May 08, 2009 3:49 pm EDT

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    He goes on and on about he was forced out of the game. Hw wasnt forced out because of his Roid use, but because he wasnt any good. He was always a lousy fielded and was nothing more than a power hitter, not even a quality hitter.
  22. robert p
    22. Posted by robert p Fri May 08, 2009 4:05 pm EDT

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    Why is it when someone in this country tells the truth they are called names and looked down on.he is telling the truth ,listen
  23. James P
    23. Posted by James P Fri May 08, 2009 4:33 pm EDT

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    I feel for Jose Canseco. He made his choices, as did soooo many other ballplayers from his generation of Major Leaguers. He came to a point of realizing those choices were bad and he has essentially been a whistle blower.
    Basically, he finally made a good choice, yet so many people (Fans, Media, Players, others within baseball) continue to live in Denial.
    Regardless, his message has been received and hopefully over time, baseball will be cleaned up!!!
  24. TPOD
    24. Posted by TPOD Fri May 08, 2009 4:42 pm EDT

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    Robert P, because in this case Canseco is doing it for his own ego and attention-whoring, not for an allegiance to the truth, as evidence of his revisionist history of his careers.

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