Hey everyone,

Right after I sent out the update last night, I saw the news that the
remainder of Jose's book signing tour has been postponed. Apparently, he
gets worse hate mail than I do, and he actually received a death threat via
email. The FBI worked with AOL and has determined who sent it. I wonder
how this will turn out for the sender... In any case, the new dates for the
tour haven't been determined yet, but I'll update the site as soon as I
hear anything.

Speaking of book tour disruptions, seems some idiot radio personality made
a scene at the signing in Tampa the other day. You know how these radio
guys are - anything for publicity. Funny thing is, he's probably a Canseco
fan. If you'd like to check out some video from the incident, follow this
link:
http://www.mjmorningshow.com/cc-common/feeds/view.php?feed_id=263&feed=/mainfeed\
.html&instance=1&article_id=16039

In other news, Jose says MLB can give his 1988 MVP Award to runner up Mike
Greenwell if they chose to do so. That article and the rest of the news is
below...

-Mark


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From the Chicago Sun Times:
Death threat halts Canseco tour
February 26, 2005
BY CHRIS DE LUCA

TAMPA, Fla. -- On the same day Jose Canseco's book tour postponed its
scheduled stop in the Chicago area for next week because of a death threat,
the former slugger's attorney shrugged off news one of the stars named in
the book is considering a lawsuit.

Robert Saunooke, Canseco's Florida-based attorney, doesn't put much stock
in claims by Rafael Palmeiro, the Baltimore Orioles' slugger and a former
Cub, who says he is considering taking legal action after being identified
by Canseco as a steroid user.

''If push comes to shove, Jose will bring other people to the stand who
will say the same things he is saying -- people who witnessed the same
things,'' Saunooke said Friday about Palmeiro's threatened lawsuit. ''I
know these baseball players stick together, but it's a different story when
you are sitting on the stand, facing perjury charges.''

Palmeiro said Thursday he is considering a lawsuit against Canseco and
would use the lawfirm of Orioles owner Peter Angelos to pursue such a case.

''I have the best law firm and the best lawyer standing in the wings in
Peter Angelos,'' Palmeiro told reporters. ''I have options available for
me. He stands behind me, and he's ready. I will look at all my options, and
I'll decide.''

Saunooke pointed out the difficulties in pursuing such a suit.

''The reality is they are impossible lawsuits to win -- for either side,''
he said. ''It's just a waste of money because the hurdle is so high. People
already think [Palmeiro] is on steroids whether Jose wrote it or not. I
understand he is frustrated, but I think he is just posturing.''

Speaking with reporters at the St. Louis Cardinals' camp, manager Tony La
Russa echoed Saunooke's point, stressing that Mark McGwire should not
pursue legal action.

''I vaguely remember law school, but I remember that when you start getting
into libel and slander, that's one of the toughest proofs in the world,''
said La Russa, who passed the bar in 1979, the year he got his first
major-league managing job with the White Sox. ''It is so difficult. ... The
players can do whatever they want to, but you've got to think long and hard
before you make that investment.''

Saunooke said he and Canseco were encouraged that Congress reportedly is
considering investigating baseball's steroid scandal, based on the claims
made in Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball
Got Big.

The book has sparked controversy and more.

An e-mail death threat submitted through Canseco's Web site
(josecanseco.com) forced the interruption of his cross-country book-signing
tour. Saunooke said the FBI is investigating and has identified the sender
of the e-mail with help from AOL.

The ''Juiced'' tour was supposed to roll into the Chicago area next week,
with visits to Anderson's Books in Naperville on Monday and the Borders
Books and Music on State Street on Tuesday.

''We are not taking the threat lightly,'' Saunooke said. ''It's not that I
believe Jose is in immediate danger. He's a black belt in three different
kinds of karate, so he can take care of himself. We are more concerned
about the people who come to the book signing.''

Saunooke said the Chicago-area visit would be rescheduled for mid-March.

''He definitely wants to get to Chicago because he knows he has a lot of
fans there,'' Saunooke said of Canseco, who spent half of the 2001 season
with the White Sox.

An incident during a signing at a Sam's Club in Tampa on Thursday also led
to the tour beefing up its security. According to Saunooke, a local radio
personality, posing as a fan, confronted Canseco when the former player was
taking a restroom break and began hollering and displaying a sign reading
''traitor.''


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From MSNBC:
Canseco's book provoking death threats
Report: Book-signing tour halted as FBI investigates
Jose Canseco's book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How
Baseball Got Big" is causing a furor in the baseball world.
Feb. 26, 2005

Jose Canseco's book is not only producing controversy. It's now provoking
death threats.

The Chicago Tribune reported Saturday that Canseco was forced to halt his
book-signing tour because of an e-mail death threat that was submitted
through his Web site.

Canseco's attorney Robert Saunooke told the paper that the FBI has
identified the sender of the e-mail with help from AOL and is currently
still investigating the threat.

"We are not taking the threat lightly," Saunooke told the Tribune. "It's
not that I believe Jose is in immediate danger. He's a black belt in three
different kinds of karate, so he can take care of himself. We are more
concerned about the people who come to the book signing."

Canseco upped his security after an incident during a signing in Tampa last
Thursday. A local radio personality, posing as a fan, taunted Canseco and
started yelling and displaying a sign that read "traitor," Saunooke told
the Tribune.

Book signings, intended for several Chicago bookstores next week, would be
rescheduled, Saunooke told the Tribune.

In Canseco's book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How
Baseball Got Big,'' he admits he consistently used steroids during his
playing days and accuses former teammates, including Mark McGwire, of also
taking using steroids.

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From the Chicago Tribune:
Canseco says he's willing to take lie-detector test, give up 1988 MVP
By TEDDY GREENSTEIN

CHICAGO - Moments after saying he didn't write "Juiced" to make a quick
buck, Jose Canseco said he planned to address the book's claims by taking a
lie-detector test for a pay-per-view TV event.

"Something is being constructed right now," Canseco said Tuesday on "Cold
Pizza," ESPN2's morning show. "We are going to set up some type of
polygraph examination."

There will be no need to ask Canseco whether he deserved to win the 1988
American League MVP award. Canseco said runner-up Mike Greenwell can have
it and that baseball officials can remove his name from the trophy.

"I want no ties to Major League Baseball," Canseco said during his first
live TV interview since his book was released a week ago.

"Cold Pizza" then contacted Greenwell, who agreed the award should be his.

"As far as I'm concerned, he didn't win it fair and square, he was cheating
during that time," Greenwell said. "So, yes, I'd love to have that award. I
think I earned it."

Greenwell said winning the MVP award would have boosted his legacy and
earning power, but that was not enough motivation for him to have blown the
whistle on Canseco.

"Did I have suspicions Jose was using steroids in `88? Absolutely," he
said. "Would I have ever said anything? No, because to a lot of people that
would mean I was crying that I didn't win."

Canseco said his motivation for coming clean about his career was "for the
truth to come out (about) why I was blackballed from Major League Baseball,
being 38 years old and 38 home runs short of 500."

Canseco said allegations he wrote the book to make money are "probably one
of the weakest excuses to try to attack me. There are so many things being
said about me that are absolute lies. Just like during my playing career,
the media has blown everything out of proportion with every incident I was
involved in, starting with bar brawls to domestic violence. That's why this
book needed to be written, so the public could see the truth."

Canseco also left little doubt about another motivation_to bring down
former teammate Mark McGwire.

"Mark McGwire was the all-American boy," he said. "Once that's said about a
player, he's protected by the system, by society. There's no wrong you can
do. From that point on, he and I were constantly put against each other. I
was the black knight and he was the all-American boy."

Canseco, who said he has not been contacted by anyone in the book but has
received death threats from the public, began his national book tour
Tuesday. After starting on the East Coast, he heads to Chicago next week.

He's scheduled to sign copies at 7 p.m. Monday at Anderson's Books in
Naperville, Fla. He's set to appear at 12:30 p.m. March 1 at Borders Books
&1/4 Music on 150 N. State St.

But White Sox fans don't have to wait until then to give Canseco a boost.
He's selling an autographed Sox game jersey on josecanseco.com for $749.95.