Hey everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since my last update. Things have been pretty
hectic lately. The latest news on Jose is that even though he's completely
healthy and has been playing well (when he's in the lineup), he doesn't
really fit into the White Sox future plans. Frank Thomas will be back as
the Sox DH next year, so they won't need Jose. Jose has cleared waivers -
meaning he can be traded, but none of the playoff hopefuls seem to be
interested. If you ask me, some of them (the Twins, for example) are just
being stupid, as Jose would be a huge help to their team and would only
cost them about $60,000 for the rest of the year. In baseball terms, that
is NOTHING. Oh well...

In the mean time, Jose hasn't been playing regularly, but he's been making
the best of it when he is in the lineup. Jose is currently batting .280
with 12 homers and 36 RBIs through 52 games. He's homering every 14.5 at
bats, which is right around his career average. His power numbers have NOT
dropped.

All the latest (and some old) news is below... One game last week was
particularly interesting. First, Jose hit one of the longest singles I've
ever seen, off the top of the wall in Tampa Bay. He thought it was a homer
and foolishly didn't run it out, costing him a double. Later in the game,
Jose got thrown out at the plate because he didn't slide. He had a good
game at the plate, but those are two fairly big baserunning mistakes.

I'll keep you posted...
-Mark

P.S. Looking for someone to trade Jose Canseco baseball cards with? Try here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoseCanseco

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OC Register:
Angels enjoy heat of the night
Percival strikes out Canseco in the ninth to help preserve Anaheim's 3-2
victory.
August 10, 2001
By BILL PLUNKETT

ANAHEIM -- It might not have been the heat of a pennant race yet. But it
was definitely heat.

With his fastball touching 97 mph - and nearly touching Jose Canseco, as
well - Angels closer Troy Percival stranded the tying run at third base,
closing out a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Edison Field on
Thursday night.

"Those are the best," Percival said of the ninth-inning confrontation with
Canseco. "You've got a guy (Canseco) who is a free-swinger. You're throwing
as hard as you can. He's swinging as hard as he can. Believe me, I've had
plenty of those where the ball wound up going 500 feet."

This time, Canseco took a called third strike on the inside part of the
plate, jumping out of the way even as umpire Tony Randazzo made the call.
Paul Konerko then popped out to end the game.

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An interesting Lou Pinella quote:

"I don't think being DH should be a hindrance," said Manager Lou Piniella,
who had 1,705 hits and 766 RBI in 1,747 games. "In time, there will be DHs
in the Hall of Fame. Jose Canseco, if he gets 500 homers; Harold Baines has
had a long and successful career."

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From the Seattle Times:
Mariners notebook: Canseco has had impact for Chicago
By José Miguel Romero and Bob Sherwin

Jose Canseco is a man of few words, but his hulking presence still commands
respect in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse.

This is the same Canseco who became the first player in major-league
history to record 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases (42, 40) in a season.
That year, 1988, Canseco, then a member of the Oakland Athletics' "Bash
Brothers," was the unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player of the
American League.

A 6-foot-4, 240-pound veteran designated hitter with 456 home runs over a
16-year career is deserving of the kind of silent reverence Canseco's White
Sox teammates give him - even if he spent the first two and a half months
of this season playing for the Newark Bears, an independent Atlantic League
team in New Jersey.

Since June 20, the day Canseco signed with the White Sox for the remainder
of the season, he has batted .291 with 10 home runs, 25 runs batted in and
24 runs scored. Canseco also hit .304 in July, his first full month in
Chicago, and has four home runs in his past nine games this month. Though
not in the starting lineup last night against the Mariners, Canseco's
success has been especially important to the White Sox because power hitter
Frank Thomas is out for the season with an arm injury.

Canseco doesn't believe he is starting any kind of a second career in Chicago.

"I think it's more a continuation of the first one," he said. "I have a lot
of baseball left in me."

Canseco plans on being around to hit his 500th home run, and judging by his
physical condition, the 37-year-old native of Havana, Cuba, looks like he
could play for quite a while longer.

"I have to see," he said.

Canseco said he remained positive about returning to the major leagues
during his stint in Newark, where he played with his former New York
Yankees teammate, Jim Leyritz, and his twin brother, Ozzie.

"I was still confident," he said. "I have no idea what other teams were
seeing."

Having played for seven major-league teams, Canseco is a sage among his
teammates, even among veterans like shortstop Royce Clayton.

"It's a great thing (having Canseco in Chicago), and at the same time, it's
kind of sad that a guy who's achieved as much as he has was having to go
down to an independent team," Clayton said. "You look at all the teams in
baseball, and they could use a Jose Canseco. With Frank (Thomas) out, he's
helped us get that presence back. He'll always be a great player, and he
deserves every chance to get to 500 (home runs).

"It surprised me that I was able to learn from him, though I'm not a power
hitter," Clayton added. "I pick his brain as much as possible."

White Sox Manager Jerry Manuel said Canseco has filled a void in the team's
lineup.

"He's gotten big hits for us, he's healthy, and he's brought a lot to the
team," Manuel said.

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From the Chicago Sun Times:
Watch out for Jose
August 16, 2001
BY CHRIS DE LUCA

A word of warning to the other American League contenders: Jose Canseco
says he feels locked in for the first time since joining the White Sox.

That was clear with his home run, double and two RBI that helped the Sox
beat the Texas Rangers 6-5 Wednesday night in front of 18,062 fans at
Comiskey....

...But the lasting snapshot was Canseco admiring his 11th homer as it
disappeared deep into the left-center-field seats. The homer game the Sox a
brief 5-4 lead.

''When I get locked in, those guys who throw strikes seem to get in
trouble,'' said Canseco, who drilled a cut fastball that Rick Helling left
over the plate. ''You can feel locked in and not hit home runs if you are
swinging the bat well. I feel good.''

While the fans were in awe over Canseco's home run, manager Jerry Manuel
was more impressed with the veteran's table-setting double off the
right-field wall in the second inning.

Paul Konerko led off with a double. Because Canseco's double struck the
wall so quickly, Konerko pulled up at third. He later scored on an Aaron
Rowand sacrifice fly to tie it at 1.

''He hit a shot off the right-field fence,'' Manuel said of Canseco.
''Normally, you don't get that [hitting to the opposite field] from a
player of his stature. When things like that are happening for you, it puts
it in everybody's mind that it will take a team effort.''...

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From the Costra contra Times:
Canseco would wear A's hat in Hall

CHICAGO -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have one less Hall of Fame candidate.
One year after promising to sport a Devil Rays cap if he is elected to the
Hall, White Sox designated hitter Jose Canseco said Friday that he likely
would wear an A's cap to Cooperstown.

Canseco hit 254 homers in eight seasons with Oakland and was the 1988 AL
MVP. He was dealt to Texas on Aug. 31, 1992, and has played for several
teams since, including the A's for the 1997 season.

"It would probably be the A's," he said. "I had a lot of great years there.
I won a title there. It would have been nice to play all my years there,
but the game doesn't allow that anymore."

Canseco, 37, has endured hard times as an aging veteran. He hit a low point
after being released in spring training by the Anaheim Angels and was
reduced to signing with the Independent Atlantic League's Newark Bears.

Canseco said he is convinced the Angels circulated rumors that he was
damaged goods, unable to produce because of a chronically bad hamstring. He
said that scared off prospective teams, and he resorted to playing with
Newark to confirm he was healthy.

"I'm positive (it was Anaheim), who else would it come from?," he said
before the A's-White Sox game. "Everyone (in Newark) asked me, 'What are
you doing here?' I don't know why. Everybody thought I was damaged. I am
healthy."

Canseco said his agent, Jeff Borris, "begged" to get him the deal with
White Sox. Canseco, who signed June 20, had a poor game Friday, striking
out three times and hitting into a rally-killing double play. But he still
has a .281 average with 11 homers and 29 RBI. His on-base percentage is
.386 and his slugging percentage is .564.

But that does not guarantee he will be on a big-league roster come next
spring training. Canseco is very skeptical about the politics of big-league
baseball. He said he wonders whether there are people trying to ruin his
career.

"I don't take anything for granted," he said. "I'd like to play three or
four more years. I'm 37, but you put some 25-year-old out there (next to
me) and we'll see what happens."

Canseco has 457 career homers and said he would like to take a shot at 500.
Every eligible player in history with 500 or more homers has been elected
to the Hall of Fame.

"I am not sure about the Hall," he said. "It's changing. You never know.
There's always a doubt in my mind about anything in this game."

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From the Chicago Sun Times:

...And will there be room for designated hitter Jose Canseco?

...Thomas' anticipated healthy return puts Canseco's future with the Sox in
doubt, Manuel admits.

''There's no doubt he has some years left, but it would be difficult to
find him a spot with the shape of the team as it is and if Frank is ready
to go,'' he said.

Canseco figures to have no shortage of offers for work next season after
his success with the Sox. Whatever his future, he has become a favorite of
Manuel's.

''He's one of the few guys I watch in batting practice because he can put
on a show, like Frank [Thomas],'' Manuel said. ''When he comes up in a
game, you expect something special to happen.''

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From the Daily Southtown:
Sox Notebook
Canseco frets future
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
By Joe Cowley

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jose Canseco has no problem playing the role of good
soldier, but he fears that the wounds he suffers as a result may be too
damaging.

Monday, for the second straight game, White Sox manager Jerry Manuel
elected to start Jeff Liefer over Canseco at designated hitter.

Before the game Manuel called Canseco into his office to explain to the
37-year-old slugger that he simply wanted to get Liefer at-bats in
consecutive games.

"I told him that I really appreciated the way he's been going about his
business," Manuel said. "He deserved an explanation."

Canseco understood, and even agreed that Liefer did deserve playing time.
The concern, however, is that the rest of baseball may see it as something
else. And with Canseco unlikely to be in the Sox's picture for next season,
his sitting on the bench adds to an already tarnished reputation.

"I told Jerry, 'I understand you've got to see what the kid can do,'''
Canseco said. "I know I have confidence in myself. If I play every day and
I don't hit 40 home runs and knock in 120 RBI, I wouldn't expect a team to
pay me a dime.

"The situation with the Yankees last year when I wasn't playing ... the
first question they (the media) asked was, 'Jose, what's wrong?' There's a
misconception that if I don't play, I'm not healthy. There's a lot of
people out there trying to find an answer and the only answer they come up
with is, 'He's not healthy.'

"Other organizations hear that and it can be damaging to the rest of my
career,'' Canseco added. "There's just not a spot out there for me. They
can't believe that a guy that can change the game around with one swing is
not playing. I just don't want other teams to think I'm not healthy. It's a
tough situation we're dealing with right now."

And it may get tougher.

It's one thing if Canseco rides the bench in order to get Liefer some
at-bats. But now there are rumblings that Harold Baines might come out of
mothballs - from his two-month hip injury - and rejoin the team in
September when rosters expand to 40 players.

"There's a lot of young talent that they may want to look at, whether we're
in the race still or not," Canseco said. "I may get very few at-bats.

"Harold was here before me. He needs (134) hits for 3,000, and he should be
given an opportunity to get it. With that combination of things, it's tough
for all of us.

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From the Chicago Sun Times:
Canseco benched to give Liefer a look
August 21, 2001
BY CHRIS DE LUCA

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Knowing he must find work elsewhere in 2002, Jose Canseco
could come with a money-back guarantee to any team interested in his services.

''If I don't hit 40 home runs and knock in 120 runs, I don't expect a team
to pay me a dime,'' Canseco said Monday. ''That's the confidence I have in
my ability. But you have to play every day to have that opportunity.''

That's the catch.

Canseco's days as a regular in the Sox' lineup are over--maybe for the rest
of the season. The Sox are giving power-hitting prospect Jeff Liefer a
close look this week. If the team falls out of the race when rosters expand
in September, there will be no room for Canseco in a lineup packed with
youngsters. Complicating matters, veteran Harold Baines is planning to make
his return from a left hip flexor injury next month.

Manager Jerry Manuel met privately with Canseco on Monday, but gave no
timetable for the veteran's absence.

''Liefer is a very productive hitter. He is 10 years younger than me. I
feel bad for him,'' Canseco said. ''I told Jerry I understand, you have to
see what the kid can do.''

Still, Canseco is trying to prove to the rest of baseball what he can do.
Canseco, 37, realizes Frank Thomas will be the Sox' DH next season and he
will be a free agent.

Canseco just doesn't want a repeat of what happened at the end of last
season, when the New York Yankees used him sparingly and the baseball world
figured Canseco was hurting.

''When I was with the Yankees, people would ask, 'How can a healthy Jose
Canseco, who can win the game with one swing of the bat, sit on the bench?'
'' Canseco said. ''I think there is this constant misconception that if I'm
not playing, I'm not healthy. I had to explain there is no spot out there
for me.''

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From the Chicago Tribune:

...This is a rare chance to start for Jose Canseco, who hit 34 homers for
the Devil Rays in 1999. He's been playing only against lefties the last
week. Wright is pitching on two days' rest after he got knocked out in the
first inning Wednesday night in Kansas City. He threw 6 1/3 scoreless
innings Aug. 6 against the Rays.

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From the Chicago Tribune:
Sox slide, Canseco doesn't
Baserunning gaffe, Wright's struggles costly in defeat
Aug 25, 2001
By Phil Rogers

...Jose Canseco drove in three runs with two singles and a bases-loaded
walk. But he failed to distinguish himself on the bases. He lost a
potential double while styling at the plate on a drive that hit off the top
of the left-field wall and was thrown out at the plate trying to score
without sliding on Aaron Rowand's single in the seventh.

With the score 5-4, Canseco represented the tying run but ignored Royce
Clayton's signal to slide. Catcher John Flaherty tagged Canseco on the hip
just before he touched the plate.

"No doubt he should have slid," Sox manager Jerry Manuel said. "I have no
idea why he didn't. Sometimes guys run and watch the catcher. Probably the
catcher was decoying him."

Canseco said he always slides toward the back part of the plate, where
Flaherty was set up. "If I had slid, I would have slid right into him," he
said....

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From the Chicago Sun Times:
Canseco's days may be numbered
August 26, 2001
BY CHRIS DE LUCA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--White Sox slugger Jose Canseco has passed through
waivers and could be dealt before postseason rosters are set Sept. 1.

While Canseco would welcome a chance to help a contender, he doesn't like
the idea of being someone's pinch hitter.

''I'm definitely not a pinch hitter,'' said Canseco, who went 2-for-4 with
three RBI in the Sox' 8-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday.
''If I were told, 'Jose, you will pinch hit the rest of your career,' I'd
retire right now.''

After going 2-for-3 with two RBI Wednesday at Kansas City, Canseco was back
on the bench in his new role of platooning at designated hitter against
left-handed pitchers. Though Canseco showed he still had life in his bat
despite the layoff, he insists his power has suffered.

''What is lost to most people is to get in a rhythm to hit home runs, you
have to play every day,'' he said. ''If I get locked in, I'll hit seven to
10 home runs in a month.''

But with the Sox struggling to gain ground on the first-place Cleveland
Indians, Canseco's days as a regular are over.

''If I'm not an every-day player, I probably don't fit here,'' Canseco said.

OUT AT HOME: Canseco was the central figure of a momentum-killing play in
the seventh inning.

Canseco hit an RBI single to cut the Rays' lead to 5-3. He went to second
when reliever Jesus Colome walked Herbert Perry to load the bases. Aaron
Rowand then singled to left, scoring Paul Konerko.

Canseco came barreling home, but he failed to slide as catcher John
Flaherty took Jason Tyner's throw and tagged out the veteran to end the inning.

''There is no doubt he should have slid,'' manager Jerry Manuel said.
''Paul was there instructing him to do so. I have no idea why he didn't.''

Said Canseco: ''When I'm running around third, I usually stay on the
outside of the plate, but John had it blocked off. I couldn't slide because
I would have slid right into him. I had to redirect my weight. I thought
[the call] could have gone either way.''

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From the Daily Southtown:
Sox Notebook
Canseco clears waivers, warns suitors
Sunday, August 26, 2001
By Joe Cowley

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jose Canseco has cleared waivers and could be traded
by the White Sox in the coming weeks, but that news prompted the slugger to
offer a warning to potential suitors.

"If I'm not an everyday player, then I probably don't belong here (with the
Sox)," Canseco said. "But one thing I'm not is a pinch hitter. I can tell
you that right now.

"If I went to a team that told me, 'Jose, we want you to be a pinch hitter
the rest of your career,' I'd retire right now. I'm an everyday player."

Not as of late, however.

Canseco was informed by Sox manager Jerry Manuel at the start of the
current 10-game road trip that Jeff Liefer would be getting some playing
time ahead of him.

Manuel meant what he said and started Canseco just three times in the last
six games, mostly against left-handers.

Canseco went 2-for-4 with three RBI in Saturday's 8-4 loss to Tampa Bay,
but said that his power has been suffering as a result of his sitting on
the bench.

"I've said all along that I'm an everyday player," Canseco said. "I can
change a game with one swing, but it's not in my control right now. I can
help out any team I play on."

Canseco has 11 home runs on the season in just 167 at-bats, but his last
homer was back on Aug. 15, against Texas.

"What gets lost the most when you're sitting is the rhythm of hitting home
runs," Canseco said. "It's very awkward, very tough for a power hitter.
It's like go forward one step, then back two. I need to be in there and let
me do my thing."

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From the AP:
Canseco's bomb breaks 2-2 tie in sixth

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Jose Canseco and Magglio Ordonez hit solo
homers as the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-2 Sunday.

Canseco, who had three RBI in Chicago's 8-4 win over Tampa Bay Saturday,
broke a 2-all tie in the sixth against Bobby Seay (0-1) with his 12th homer
this season, the 458th of his career....

...Canseco's homer was the only hit off Seay in three innings....

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From the Chicago Sun Times:
Sox' feeding frenzy continues
August 27, 2001
BY CHRIS DE LUCA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Welcome to the White Sox' version of a get-rich-quick
scheme.

A three-city tour featuring the American League's three worst teams could
not have come at a better time. Facing the Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay
Devil Rays and Detroit Tigers, the Sox know if they can't make up ground
playing these bottom-feeding teams, they don't belong in the postseason.

The Sox beat the Devil Rays 3-2 on Sunday to take two of three games at
Tropicana Field.

...''We need to make a run now,'' said designated hitter Jose Canseco, who
broke a 2-2 tie with a home run off left-handed reliever Bobby Seay (0-1)
in the sixth. ''We would have liked to take all three, but two of three is
great because we won the series.''...

...Canseco gave the Sox their 12th consecutive solo home run with his
one-out blast to right off Seay. Canseco needs 42 homers to reach his goal
of 500.

He has done considerable damage against his former team. This season, he
hit .500 (10-for-20) with three home runs and eight RBI against the Devil
Rays. Over his career, Canseco has hit .379 (22-for-58) with nine homers
and 18 RBI against Tampa Bay.

''That's probably just a coincidence,'' said Canseco, who hit 43 homers in
174 games with Tampa Bay in 1999-2000. ''I've got a lot of friends here,
but sometimes you just do that against one team for whatever reason.''...

...The Sox will be leaning heavily on Ordonez and Canseco during the Tigers
series.

''We have to win every series now,'' manager Jerry Manuel said.

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From the Chicago Daily Southtown:

...It's not official yet, but it's likely that the final 33 games of the
season will be the final days in the Sox career of Harold Baines.

The 42-year-old designated hitter has been on the shelf since June with a
strained left hip flexor, but the Sox are expected to activate Baines when
the rosters expand next week.

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From the AP:
White Sox 3, Devil Rays 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Jose Canseco had a wonderful weekend against
former his team.

Canseco and Magglio Ordonez hit solo homers as the Chicago White Sox beat
the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-2 Sunday.

Canseco, who had three RBIs in Chicago's 8-4 loss over Tampa Bay Saturday,
broke a 2-all tie in the sixth against Bobby Seay (0-1) with his 12th homer
this season, the 458th of his career.

"It's good to feel part of a team and it feels good to be contributing,"
Canseco said. "Especially when you know you can help a team out a lot."

Canseco hit 43 homers in 174 games with Tampa Bay in 1999-2000. The team
placed him on waivers last August and Canseco was claimed by the New York
Yankees, who used him sparingly en route to their third straight World
Series title.

On Sunday, Canseco made the most of a rare start against a right-handed
pitcher.

"I thought Jose swung the bat well yesterday," White Sox manager Jerry
Manuel said. "When you got a guy like Jose, he can be very damaging."...

...Canseco's opposite-field homer was the only hit Seay, who making just
his fifth major league appearance, allowed in three innings.

"I challenged Canseco," Seay said. "I tried to come in on him and got to
much of the plate. It was right in his wheel house and he's a strong enough
guy that he hit out of the ballpark."

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From the NY Post:

...In 1991 only two players (Jose Canseco, Cecil Fielder) hit 40 or more
HRs. Five years later, 16 players hit 40 or more. This year, as many as 25
players will hit 40 or more.

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From the Chicago Tribune:
Homecoming

Jose Canseco would have enjoyed the weekend even if he hadn't hit Sunday's
game-winning home run. He went to high school in Miami and played with
Tampa Bay the last two seasons.

"I had a lot of family here," Canseco said. "They drove up from Miami. I've
got some friends I made here."

Canseco isn't expected to stay with the White Sox beyond September. He's
not sure where he will play next season. A return to Tampa Bay seems like a
possibility, but only if the Rays were able to trade veterans Greg Vaughn
and Ben Grieve.

"This is a good hitter's park," he said. "Everything's consistent. The ball
carries well and there's a good hitter's background. I definitely enjoy
playing here. I hit well when I was here with them."

Manuel had been starting Jeff Liefer instead of Canseco against
right-handed pitchers but decided to give the veteran a crack against Tampa
Bay's Bryan Rekar on Sunday. The decision paid off.

"I thought Jose swung the bat well [Saturday]," Manuel said, referring to a
2-for-4 game. "Lief has struggled his last couple of starts, hit the ball
up in the air."

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From the Tampa Tribune:
Canseco's HR Beats Former Team
By SCOTT CARTER scarter@...
Aug 27, 2001

ST. PETERSBURG - The first three times Jose Canseco stepped to the plate
Sunday, the crowd roared in approval for the former Tampa Bay fan favorite.
By the time he came to bat for the final time in Chicago's 3-2 win, the
19,182 fans launched mostly boos toward Canseco as he settled into the
batter's box.

The cheers disappeared the moment Canseco's line drive in the sixth inning
off Bobby Seay vanished over the right-field wall for a solo homer, giving
the White Sox a one-run lead their bullpen maintained as the Rays failed to
capitalize on numerous opportunities. The Rays left nine runners on base
and were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

``I just caught too much of the plate [on Canseco's homer],'' said Seay,
who suffered his first major-league loss. ``He's right on top of the plate.
It looks like he doesn't want the ball inside at all. That's where I kept
attacking. He is a strong enough guy where he can just muscle it out of the
park.''

Canseco, who hit 43 homers during parts of two seasons (1999-2000) with the
Rays, helped the White Sox take two out of three during the weekend series.
Chicago won five of seven in the season series.

Canseco finished 10-for-20 with three home runs and eight RBIs against his
former team. Canseco's home run Sunday was the 458th of his career and 12th
since signing with the White Sox on June 20.

``I feel pretty good being in the lineup more and more often because I'm
getting my rhythm back,'' Canseco said. ``It's good to feel part of a team
and it feels good to be contributing.''...

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From CNN/SI:
You don't Jose

No one expects Jose Canseco to stick very long with the White Sox, despite
a credible comeback after a preseason dismissal by the Anaheim Angels. The
White Sox don't see him as an everyday player and probably will let him go
wherever he wants after the season. They may even cut him loose to join
another team before the stretch run.

As for next year, Canseco remains interested in returning to the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays, who might be interested in him only at a cheap rate, and maybe
then only after discarding some remaining big-ticket players. Canseco is
intriguing. He is hitting .500 against the Rays (10-for-20) with three
homers and eight RBIs this season.

Canseco, who is batting .281 with 12 homers and 35 RBIs in 51 games, has
458 career home runs and badly wants to get to 500 before his career is over.

Any takers?

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From a Minneapolis paper, proving the stupidity of the Twins:

Even though the Twins are winning again and Jose Canseco is available after
having cleared waivers, the Twins say they are not interested in claiming
the right-handed slugger, whose price would be about $60,000.