Hey Canseco fans...

Before I get to the latest Canseco news, I want to invite everyone to sign
up to play the free "Heavy Hitters" fantasy baseball game at Sandbox.com
again. This game is as simple as they come (so don't be intimidated if you
don't know much about baseball), and it's lots of fun. As in previous
years, I've created a group called "Canseconet," so we can compete with
each other. Follow this link to sign up and then be sure to join the
Canseconet group if it doesn't join for you up automatically:
http://www.sandbox.com/heavyhitters/pub-bin/x_goto?userID=71913847&url=../pub-do\
c/home.jsp

Ok, on to the Jose news...

-Mark

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From the Ottawa Sun:
Canseco takes aim at homer No. 500
By TIM BAINES

JUPITER, Fla. -- Jose Canseco has always been able to hit.

A ton.

Now 37 and trying to crack the Montreal Expos' roster, he's a home-run
machine, a former soulmate and one half of The Bash Brothers duo in Oakland
with Mark McGwire.

But this spring training has been just another moment in a long string of
stops in his quest to hit 500 homers, a mark he's 38 taters shy of now.

He's never been able to pack away his suitcases for too long.

What's inexplicable is why Canseco has been forced to become a baseball
nomad, a hired gun.

"It's frustrating," said Canseco yesterday, his forearms bulging. "I know I
can still hit, but I have to keep at it, to keep the dream going.

"I still believe I can hit 40-50 home runs if I get the chance."

There have been worries about Canseco's defence, a malady which for the
most part has been nonexistent in spring training, although he did drop a
fly ball in yesterday's 6-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean
Stadium.

But Canseco says he's ready to play.

"I know this is it," he said. "There are a few roster spots open ... and I
want to get one of them.

"I just need a chance. I'll never quit. I still want to play baseball."

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From the NY Post:
CANSECO'S HOPING TO LAND IN MONTREAL
By KEVIN KERNAN

March 24, 2002 -- VERO BEACH - Jose Canseco's body remains a modernistic
view of baseball art, still able to launch 450-foot home runs as he did
Friday night against the Dodgers.

Despite that, Canseco, late of the Newark Bears and White Sox, doesn't know
if he will make the cut with the Expos. Somehow, there must be room for
this massive mauler in MLB.

"I just don't know if I'm going to make this team," the ex-Yankee says.

Canseco, who will turn 38 on July 2, needs 38 home runs to make it to the
magic 500 Club. The Hall of Fame is in front of him, especially when you
consider he ranks 22nd on the all-time home run list and needs four home
runs to move ahead of Famer Dave Winfield.

The only active player with more home runs is Barry Bonds (567). Canseco
hit 16 home runs last season in 76 games as the White Sox DH. Now, he's
trying to survive in left field.

"I'm just trying to make this team, and for me that's tough," Canseco says,
"because I know I can still hit 40 and drive in a hundred easily."

Notice Jose's choice of words. "And if I play every day I can still steal
30-40 bases," Canseco adds. "But if I'm not given the opportunity, there's
no chance at all. So this is all very, very difficult.

"If nobody believes in you," the big man concludes, "you'll never play
again. You may have all the talent in the world left, but that's the way
this game works. I don't know what else to do."