Hey Canseco fans...

Sorry it's been so long since my last update. A lot of you have been
emailing me, asking where Jose is going to be playing this year, but
unfortunately, I really haven't heard anything. Don't worry - I promise to
email the list as soon as I learn anything significant.

The only news I have found is about Jose's upcoming trial (which can't be
helping his chances of landing a MLB contract). As you remember, he was
involved in a bar fight a few months ago and is being charged with two
felony counts and one misdemeanor.

One more thing - Let's make sure people know the big guys is still in
demand. Take a couple of seconds and go vote for Jose here:
http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ml-athletics&msg=3627.1

Here's hoping to see Jose in the big leagues sometime soon... He's only 38
homers away from 500, you know.

-Mark

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From the AP:
Canseco weighs options, says he expects to find job
Saturday, February 2, 2002

Caracas, Venezuela - Jose Canseco is confident he'll find a job in the
major leagues this season.

Canseco became a free agent after hitting .268 with 16 homers and 49 RBIs
for the Chicago White Sox last season. Canseco said the White Sox are among
several clubs he's speaking to - even though he can't play for them until
May 1.

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From the AP:
Battery trial set May 13 for Canseco, brother


MIAMI (AP) - Former AL MVP Jose Canseco and his twin brother will
stand trial on May 13 on battery charges over a Halloween scuffle at a
Miami Beach nightclub.

Prosecutor Joshua Granoff said he was ready for trial now at a hearing
in the case Thursday, but defense attorneys said prosecutors had just
turned over the investigative material and they needed time to pursue it.

Canseco, a free agent after playing last season with the Chicago
White Sox, and his brother Ozzie sat in the gallery for the brief hearing
and had no comment as they left.

Jose Canseco faces two felony counts and one misdemeanor, and his brother
faces two misdemeanors and one felony.

Police said Jose Canseco grabbed a club patron by the neck, punched him and
broke his nose. A second man needed 20 stitches in his lip.

Canseco, who lives in Miami, said one of the men groped one of the women he
was with. He admitted pushing the man but denied hitting him.

He was prosecuted twice for domestic violence in 1992 and 1998.

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Bash puts Canseco brothers on trial
Feb. 7, 2002. 02:05 PM

MIAMI (AP) - Former AL MVP Jose Canseco and his twin brother will stand
trial on May 13 on battery charges over a Halloween scuffle at a Miami
Beach nightclub.

Prosecutor Joshua Granoff said he was ready for trial now at a hearing in
the case Thursday, but defence attorneys said prosecutors had just turned
over the investigative material and they needed time to pursue it.

Canseco, a free agent after playing last season with the Chicago White Sox,
and his brother Ozzie sat in the gallery for the brief hearing and had no
comment as they left.

Jose Canseco faces two felony counts and one misdemeanour, and his brother
faces two misdemeanours and one felony.

Police said Jose Canseco grabbed a club patron by the neck, punched him and
broke his nose. A second man needed 20 stitches in his lip.

Canseco, who lives in Miami, said one of the men groped one of the women he
was with. He admitted pushing the man but denied hitting him.

He was prosecuted twice for domestic violence in 1992 and 1998.