I'm feeling a lot better now.

At first, I was excited to see Jose going to the Yankees - a very good team
with a great chance of getting Jose back to the World Series. Then I read
all the New York sportswriters' articles saying the Yankees should have
never picked up Jose, and I heard Joe Torre and some other Yankees sound a
lot less than thrilled to have Jose join the team. Then, to top it all
off, I realized Jose wouldn't even be starting every day. Ugh. Jose a
bench player? I can't bear to watch.

So, mostly out of frustration, in the close of the past email I sent to
this list, I wrote (and I quote): "P.S. I don't care if Jose is there or
not, I still hate the Yankees." I would like to now take the time to
sarcastically thank the handful of illiterate Yankee fans who took the time
to write me back and let me know the only thing that sucks worse than Jose
is my web site. I now have quite a few new adjectives to add to my
vocabulary. I would also like to genuinely thank the other Yankee fans who
wrote to me and were glad to have Jose in New York. You outnumber the
illiterate ones, so I'm going to give you (Yankee fans) the benefit of the
doubt as a whole.

All that aside, Jose was given his chance today. He was the Yankees
starting DH, and he played ok, I guess. No wait, I mean he played
well. Sorry, I got it wrong again - Jose kicked ass!!!

In his first trip to the plate, Jose walked. I'll take that - at least it
wasn't a strikeout. Next time up, Jose hit a sac fly to center. Good for
him, 0-0 with a walk and an RBI. In his third trip to the plate, Jose
launched a bomb to the upper deck in left field, his 10th homer of the
year. Now we're talking! Way to show 'em you still got it, buddy... Jose
added another sac fly and a double to all of that, making for one
impressive (and perfect, I might add) day at the plate.

Hopefully Joe Torre will figure something out that will get Jose in the
lineup somewhat regularly. I personally would start him over Hill or
Polonia any day of the week, but I'm sure I'm a little biased. Let's just
keep our fingers crossed and hope Jose's performance today will earn him
some playing time.

I've added a whole slew of new photos of Jose as a Yankee to my site
recently, plus a bunch of audio and video clips. Check it out. We also
FINALLY have our first official loser in the 2000 Jose Canseco Home Run
Contest. Congratulations, David. To see David's predictions and all the
others, check out http://www.canseconet.com/entries.htm.

One last thing before all the latest news. Did you know that Jose's 400
career homer runs are the most EVER hit by a player before joining the
Yankees? The next closest on the list: Rocky Colavito (369), Chili Davis
(328), Darryl Strawberry (294) and Reggie Jackson (281).

Take it easy,
Mark

P.S. Jose is scheduled to be on Up Close on ESPN tomorrow night at 5:30
ET. Don't miss it (like I have to).

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From Billy-Ball Daily
www.billy-ball.com
August 8, 2000

Top of the 1st
JOSE CAN YOU SEE
Jose Canseco is a Yankee. It was inevitable that those words would be
written before Jose went from the DL into retirement. In fact, Billy-Ball
believes that Canseco has always been a Yankee but playing for different
teams. It's not that he has the Yankee pride of Gehrig and Ruth but he was
meant to be in a clubhouse once aptly nicknamed "The Bronx Zoo". The
Yankees acquired him yesterday because GM Brian Cashman claimed Canseco and
47 other players last Thursday to block opponents and, much to their
surprise, the Yankees wound up stuck with Canseco when the Tampa Bay Devil
Rays didn't withdraw waivers to save slightly less than $1 million. Canseco
was born in Havana and grew up in Miami. Canseco was a talent from the
start. He was AL Rookie of the Year in 1986 when he hit 33 homers and drove
in 117 runs and Most Valuable Player in 1988 with the Oakland A's the year
he became the first "40-40" player in history with 42 HRs and 40 steals in
a season (he also was the first to have the audacity to predict that he
would do it as well). He led the AL in HRs in 1988 and tied for lead in
1991. This year the 36-year-old is batting .257 with nine homers and 30 RBI
and has been limited to 61 games this season, missing close to two months
with a plantar fasciitis in his right heel. Being injured is not new for
Jose. He's been on the DL 12 times in his 14-year career. Last season,
Canseco was the first Devil Ray elected to the All-Star Game, although he
was forced to sit out the contest for the third time in his career this
time because of back surgery to repair a herniated disk. He missed the 1989
game with a broken hand and the 1992 contest with a sore right shoulder. He
has been selected to the All-Star game 6 times. Jose's been around, August
31, 1992, he was traded by A's to Texas Rangers for OF Ruben Sierra, P Jeff
Russell, P Bobby Witt and cash and then traded by Rangers to Boston Red Sox
for OF Otis Nixon and 3B Luis Ortiz in December, 1994). He was granted free
agency by the Sox following the '95 season and re-signed by them in
December of that year ultimately to traded by Red Sox back to the A's for P
John Wasdin and cash in January, 1997. Following the '97 season as a free
agent he was signed by Toronto Blue Jays for the 1998 season and
then signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in December of '98. The Yankees are
lucky to acquire him in mid-season because Jose showed up to spring
training late when he was on the Athletics, when he was on the Rangers,
when he was on the Red Sox, when he was on the Blue Jays, and yes, when he
was with the Devil Rays. That can be overlooked, what can't be are his
numerous brushes with the law. He has been arrested for a series of
auto-related crimes several times for speeding (he was ticketed for doing
more than 120 mph in his bright red Jaguar XJ-S). One time while he was
having an MRI performed on his arm at the University of California at San
Francisco Medical Center, someone noticed a .9mm handgun on the floor of
Canseco's car. As Canseco and his wife were pulling out of the hospital's
parking spot, police stopped them and the loaded gun was taken into police
possession. Canseco was arrested for illegal possession of a handgun and
released on $2,500 bail. Unfortunately, this Bash Brother has also twice
been charged with domestic violence once after grabbing his wife by the
hair, and having slapped her in the face and the back of the neck. You can
check out Jose's mug shots at
http://www.rockandcomedy.com/celebrity-mugshots/canseco.htm. The Yankees,
who paid Tampa Bay a $20,000 waiver fee, will be responsible for the
remainder of Canseco's $3 million contract this season, which will be just
under $1 million. The Yankees hold a $4 million club option for next
season. The question is will he happy now that the dream has come true.
When Jose is healthy his homers are majestic and even when unhealthy if
you're looking for Jose you'll find him on the back pages of the tabloids.
As Red Sox despot Dan Duquette after waiting and waiting and waiting for
Jose to arrive at spring training, upon Canseco's entrance said, "Elvis is
in the building." George Steinbrenner has always coveted Canseco and now he
has him, but I tell you if Jose doesn't deliver the way George needs, it's
going to be a blue, blue Christmas. Up next is Billy-Ball.

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From the AP:
New York 4, Oakland 3

...After an intentional walk to Tino Martinez loaded the bases, Brosius
struck out, bringing up pinch-hitter Jose Canseco for his Yankees' debut.

Canseco got a huge ovation when his name was announced, but broke his bat
and flied out to short right....

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From the NY Daily News:
Bombers Win in an Instant
Bernie, Justice take A's deep in ninth
By Thomas Hill

In his first day as baseball's most powerful pinch-hitter, Jose Canseco may
have learned exactly how superfluous he is in pinstripes. Hours after he
brought his big, dramatic swing to the Bronx, the Yankees demonstrated they
already had players who could flex their muscles and produce late-game
theatrics.

Bernie Williams and David Justice hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom
of the ninth inning that lifted the Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the A's
at the Stadium, breaking a three-game losing streak. The two homers came on
the only two pitches thrown by ex-Met Jason Isringhausen, the A's closer....

..."Pretty quick ending," Canseco said....

...Jose Canseco contributed a few moments of excitement before breaking his
bat on a fly ball.

...Until the final moment, Canseco had provided the most exciting moment of
a quiet evening. He batted against Jim Mecir with the bases loaded in the
bottom of the seventh, saw four pitches and hit a broken-bat fly to right
that ended the inning.

Canseco, who received a loud ovation before his first plate appearance in
pinstripes, felt the fans buzzing while he batted. He insisted afterward
that he would be "content with whatever role" Torre offers, even
pinch-hitting. "It's not an easy job," Canseco said. On a club suddenly
loaded with sluggers, it also might be the only job he can get.

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From the Daily News:
Boss: Pinstripes Suit Jose
Yankee owner backs his GM
By Thomas Hill

George Steinbrenner might have been furious if Jose Canseco had landed
anywhere but in pinstripes. Given that possibility, the Boss was not about
to pile on his beleaguered GM yesterday in the aftermath of Canseco's
almost accidental acquisition.

Jose Canseco takes his first walk through Yankee Stadium in pinstripes.

"I want to make it clear that I support the decision of Brian Cashman 100%
and I am surprised that anyone would be surprised by his aggressiveness,"
Steinbrenner said last night. "I know we've made some decisions and taken
some chances in the past that have been criticized, but they've worked out.
Jose Canseco can be a big contributor for us."

Canseco became a Yankee Monday when the club claimed him off waivers from
the Devil Rays. Cashman indicated that he was attempting to block other
clubs - in particular AL East rivals Toronto, who lost Raul Mondesi to
season-ending elbow surgery, and Boston - from obtaining Canseco by
submitting a waiver claim, but ended up with the once-dynamic but now
one-dimensional 36-year-old DH instead.

Canseco was in uniform for last night's game against the A's at the
Stadium. Manager Joe Torre briefly met with Canseco, Luis Polonia and
Glenallen Hill before the game to alert them that he would be choosing who
among them would play on a game-by-game basis. Torre seemed a bit more
resigned to Canseco's presence than he was Monday, but he still indicated
that having so many DH candidates and not one defensive outfielder on his
bench made him uneasy.

Because the Yankees designated Ryan Thompson for assignment to clear roster
space for Canseco, Torre said Clay Bellinger had become the primary
understudy to Bernie Williams in center field. Torre suggested that other
center field candidates included Paul O'Neill, Polonia and Scott Brosius.

"But right now," Torre said, "if I'm without Bernie, I'm not going to be
too happy."

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From the Daily News:
Heads Turn as Jose Puts Spin On Revolving Door

The door to the Yankees clubhouse is made of thick metal, but lately it
feels like one of those glass entrances in which a person can spin round
and round, until mass confusion sets in. Here comes Jose Canseco, with his
six boxes of personalized bats. There goes Ryan Thompson, off to see a
movie. Here is Luis Sojo, looking like he never left....

..."I'm 60 years old," said Joe Torre. "I'm not thinking too far down the
road. My down the road is seven to eight weeks."

Maybe by then, Canseco will have settled into a role that involves more
than flexing at batting practice and nudging Don Zimmer off the bench.
Maybe Canseco won't even be a Yankee come October, having been dealt to
some other team that doesn't cause Steinbrenner's heart to palpitate.

For now, Canseco is a Yankee, and if that doesn't sound like a line
straight out of the '80s then you haven't seen Canseco's retro haircut.
There's an old saying that suggests people keep their hair styled in
accordance with the best era of their lives. Canseco still wears a Duran
Duran 'do, reminiscent of those years when he was one half of the Bash
Brothers in Oakland, performing alongside Mark McGwire and changing the
physique of baseball. Canseco made baseball sexy. He made Madonna swoon. He
was mentioned in the gossip pages almost as much as John Kennedy Jr. Those
were the days, my friend.

Jose Canseco has mixed emotions about his arrival in the Big Apple but
feels welcomed by his new teammates.

Yesterday, Canseco slipped into the Stadium, virtually unnoticed. His new
teammates cordially said their hellos and then ignored him. Some privately
expressed confusion at his presence. Nothing against Jose, said one Yankee,
but why is he here?

Canseco seemed equally baffled. He left his 72 bats of assorted colors and
sizes leaning against a wall and attempted to squeeze into a new uniform,
muscles literally popping out of pinstripes.

"I definitely feel wanted by the players, yeah," Canseco said later,
folding his massive arms across his massive chest in a classic defensive
pose. Alas, it was not the defensive pose the Yanks would like to see, but
a gimpy foot keeps him from playing left field.

Injuries prohibited him from nearing the 600 home runs that once seemed
within reach of his pecs, but who is he to complain? There's always someone
to polish his bats. The Yanks are obligated for $900,000 of his salary,
plus a $500,000 buyout. He made his presence known in the most dramatic of
ways last night, pinch-hitting in the seventh inning, against the team that
made him famous, with the bases loaded, with two outs, with the Yanks
trailing by a run.

Every single soul in the Stadium stood and clapped, because Canseco was
theirs now, for better or worse. He hovered over the plate like a Greek
statue, took two inside balls, fouled one off, then flied out to right,
breaking one of his precious bats, as well as the spell....

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From the NY Daily News:
Adding Bash to the Bench
Jose glad to aid Yanks
By Julian Garcia

For the first time in his career, Jose Canseco is a spare part, and in his
first day wearing Yankee pinstripes, the slugger admitted it's a role he
feels a bit uncomfortable in.

"It's definitely a little bit of a different situation for me," Canseco
said yesterday at a press conference at the Stadium to introduce him as the
newest member of the Yankees. "It's just something I'll have to handle."

Jose Canseco is up to accepting his new role. It's something Joe Torre has
to handle too, along with Luis Polonia and Glenallen Hill. Because when the
Yankees claimed Canseco off waivers from Tampa Bay on Monday, just to block
other teams from getting him, they became the team with the most left
fielders/designated hitters.

It's a situation the manager and all three players involved will have to
accept. Canseco said he understands that.

"I'm just here as one of the parts of the team," he said.

Canseco wasn't in the starting lineup for last night's series opener
against one of his former teams, the Oakland A's. But he did pinch hit,
flying out to right field with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh
inning.

In all likelihood, that's how Canseco will be utilized for the remainder of
the season, with an occasional appearance in the DH slot. He said he hasn't
played left field since spring training, when he "shagged some fly balls
out there."

With 440 career homers, 24th on the all-time list, Canseco is likely to
become the most high-profile pinch-hitter ever.

"Jose can win ballgames for you," said Torre, who seemed surprised, if not
disappointed, by the move on Monday. "He's had good at-bats against our
ball club, I know that."

Canseco is hitting .257 this season with nine homers and 30 RBI in just 218
at-bats over 61 games. He's been bothered by a foot injury this season and
has a history of back problems.

He's 36 and a shell of his former self, but his agent, Javier Ortiz, said
yesterday Canseco has told him he'd like to play until he's 40.

"Jose would love the opportunity to play with the Yankees beyond this
year," said Ortiz, who added he has no idea what Canseco will do if he
doesn't see much playing time over the next month and a half.

Said Canseco: "I'd definitely like (to play for the Yankees) but I don't
think I have any control over that. The only thing I can do is help the
team."

With Oakland in the late '80s, Canseco and Mark McGwire formed one of the
most powerful one-two punches ever. The two were nicknamed the Bash
Brothers, but in recent years McGwire has done all the bashing.

Yet Canseco feels he has some power left in him and thinks he could make a
run at 500 homers. He's just 60 away from that milestone, which could
assure him a spot in the Hall of Fame.

"It'll definitely be a great thing to have," he said. "The first thing I
have to do is master this injury problem I have and stay healthy for one
year, which in itself is a problem."

Asked if he's the same person who once went nose-to-nose with a Yankee fan
who was taunting him over his relationship with Madonna, Canseco said, "Not
even close. I've completely mellowed."

The Yankees are hoping his bat hasn't.

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From the NY Daily News:
Boss Defends Jose Move
By Ursula Reel

Jose Canseco said putting on the pinstripes was "unusual," and he clearly
seemed uncomfortable his first few hours in The Bronx. The Yanks' newest
and strangest acquisition found his uniform pants a bit short and tight on
his tremendous, 6-foot-4, 240-pound frame and he tugged and twisted to make
them look right. Canseco, 36, also seemed as if he was trying very hard not
to limp as he trotted around gamely in left field, shagging flies, and
running sprints during batting practice. He did slug his fair share of long
balls when his time in the cage came around.

But that wasn't the case in Canseco's first dramatic at-bat. He pinch-hit
for Luis Sojo with the bases loaded, two outs and the Yankees down 3-2 in
the seventh. Ex-Yankee Jim Mecir shattered Canseco's bat and got him to fly
out to right. The Bombers won 4-3 on back-to-back homers by Bernie Williams
and David Justice in the ninth.

Canseco insisted he had a warm reception from the Yanks - "They
congratulated me, that kind of stuff," he said - and said he was OK with
the fact he ended up on the team as a bit of a mistake, via a waiver claim
the Yankees never expected Tampa Bay to allow.

"I'd definitely rather play where I'm wanted," he acknowledged, "but I'll
adapt to it the best I can."

But in a statement late yesterday, George Steinbrenner assured he stood
staunchly behind Yankee GM Brian Cashman and his move to claim the slugger
in order to block other teams from acquiring him for the post-season push.
The Boss also seemed to mildly rebuke manager Joe Torre, who has said a
number of times the past two days that the Canseco acquisition "surprised"
and "stunned" him.

Steinbrenner's statement read: "I want to make it very clear that I support
the decision of Brian Cashman 100 percent and I am very surprised by anyone
who would be surprised by his aggressiveness. I know we have made some
decisions and choices in the past that have been criticized, but they have
worked out. Jose Canseco can be a big contributor for us."

In his pre-game media session yesterday, however, Torre seemed no more
enamored of the deal. He said he had called Canseco, Glenallen Hill and
Luis Polonia, three of the newer Yankees, into his office yesterday for a
"two minute" meeting about their roles.

"I told them we'd deal with this thing the best we can," Torre said. "We'll
do it on a day-to-day basis. We'll have to do some finding out. I just ask
for their indulgence right now while it works itself out.

"It just makes things a little more complicated," he added of the Canseco
deal....

..."You have to give a little to make a spot [for Canseco]," Torre said.
"If someone makes an error in the eighth or ninth inning in the outfield
when you could have made a defensive replacement, people will say, 'Well,
that was a blemish.' But then a guy hits a home run in the eighth or ninth
inning and then you're happy he's here instead of the defensive guy. I
guess it's a push right now."

Canseco, who missed 46 games with a strained left heel, says he's almost
100 percent right now.

"I can still run pretty well," he insisted. But when he was asked if he
could play left field, the Yanks' most vulnerable position, Canseco almost
laughed out loud.

"Could I?" he asked. "I guess I could, but I don't know how well. I played
some in spring training this year, shagged some fly balls. I'll go out and
take some balls [today] and see what happens."

As for his offense, Canseco said he felt like he could still be a big bopper.

"I know as a power hitter, home runs can be streaky," he explained. "If I
get in the lineup and get my mechanics and timing perfect, good things will
happen."

Torre also said he liked what he saw of Canseco when the Yanks played the
Devil Rays. "I know he had good at-bats against us," Torre said. "He hit
some singles more than home runs and that was good."

Canseco is hitting .256 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs in 61 games. He has
440 career homers and admitted yesterday it would be "a great thing to have
done" if he can make it to 500 homers. He said his one wish is to "stay
healthy for one full year."

He said he wouldn't dwell on this oddity of becoming a Yankee and instead
chose to bring up a lighter moment from his past when talking about coming
to New York.

"I have a lot of memories playing here, especially when I was with
Oakland," he said. "The whole Madonna incident ... that was crazy. But if
you play here and you're successful, they're behind you 100 percent."

When asked more about the Madonna incident and his youthful transgressions,
Canseco, a native of Cuba, laughed. "As a young man I made mistakes," he
said. "When I really reflect on it, I wouldn't do it again." As for his
biggest mistake? "Do we really have time for all those?" he asked.

But Canseco mellowed a bit when he realized this was the first team he's
joined where his role was in doubt.

"But you have to handle it," he said. "As you get older, your roles do change."

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From the NY Daily News:
Bernie, Justice Go Deep on Izzy For Win
By Ursula Reel

...Canseco worked a 2-0 count, then fouled a ball straight back with a
monstrous, home-run swing, and then flew out to right, shattering his bat,
to end the inning.

"The adrenaline was pumping," Canseco, 36, admitted. "I had some
butterflies. I'm glad I got that at-bat over with and I hope next time, I
can do something."...

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From the New York Times:

.....Scott Brosius struck out, Luis Sojo was due to bat and a hulking and
familiar figure emerged from the Yankees' dugout to pinch-hit: Jose
Canseco. The crowd roared, the reflections of flashbulbs flickered on the
broad back of his jersey, and Canseco deliberately donned his protective
equipment before taking two massive practice swings.

On a 2-1 pitch, Mecir jammed Canseco with a fastball, Canseco swung, the
head of his bat flew about 120 feet in foul territory on the third base
side, while the ball flared harmlessly to right, an inning ending pop-out...

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From the NY Times:
Designated Hitters All in a Row
By Murry Chass

...Yankee Stadium fans, seeing Sojo head back toward the dugout, began
cheering before Canseco emerged and continued cheering while he took some
swings in the on-deck circle, then went to the plate.

"It was a very positive reaction," Canseco said later. "I appreciate that."

He did not, on the other hand, appreciate the 2-1 pitch from Jim Mecir.

"The adrenaline was definitely pumping," Canseco said. "I worked the count
to 2-0. He threw me a high sinker and I fouled it back. I knew that was
probably the pitch I should've hit. The next pitch was a hard sinker that
ran in really late. I told myself to try to drive the ball straightaway. It
got in on me pretty good."

The pitch broke Canseco's bat, and he popped a fly ball to right field,
ending the threat. The out gave Canseco a 6-for-36 record (.167) as a
pinch-hitter in a 6,691 at-bat career. He said he couldn't remember the
last time he batted for someone else, but it was only three months ago, May
4 against Texas, when Francisco Cordero of Texas struck him out in the 10th
inning of a tied game.

After his night's work was done, Canseco stayed and watched Bernie Williams
and David Justice hit consecutive-pitch home runs against Jason
Isringhausen in the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory.

"Isringhausen came in throwing 95 miles an hour," Canseco said. "All of a
sudden, one pitch out, next pitch out. It was, like, it's over? That quick?
It was a pretty awesome ending."

Even in the flush of his first experience with the Yankees, Canseco might
have felt better about his presence in their uniform had the Yankees
claimed him because they wanted him. But he was told they claimed him to
block him from going to a rival team.

"I'd definitely rather play where I'm wanted," he said in response to a
question during a pregame session with reporters.

The Yankees may yet decide they don't like being top heavy with designated
hitters. They may decide to put Canseco back on waivers with the idea of
having a friendly, nonthreatening foe claim him, maybe even agreeing to pay
most of the approximately $1 million in salary he is owed for the rest of
the season.

But if he remains and if pinch-hitting is the role he is asked to perform?

"It is what it is," Canseco said. "I can't control it. I'm going to be
happy and content with whatever I get. Whatever part I do get here I'm
going to make the best of it."

Torre said he doesn't have a set plan but added, "It's nice to have
ammunition off the bench where you can make a change like that."

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From Billy-Ball Daily
www.billy-ball.com
8/10/00

Top of the 5th
RECLAMATION DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM TODAY
The Yankees coming off a huge victory last night with Tino Martinez hitting
a grand slam and an RBI double as the Yankees dealt Kevin Appier his worst
loss ever, burying the Oakland Athletics 12-1. Today the Yanks will see if
there are two more burials to take place as Jose Canseco and David Cone get
starts. To follow all information Canseco, there is no better place to
check than with our good friends at www.canseconet.com. To get more
information about David Cone, check in at www.stickaforkinmeimdone.com.

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From the NY Post:
Oh, Brother! Ozzie Hits Up Jose For Help
By Ursula Reel and Tom Keegan

At first glance, it appeared as if two Jose Cansecos were in the clubhouse.
Jose's identical twin brother, Ozzie, made a quick stop by his brother's
locker before last night's Yankee game.

"I was down to two bats and I broke them both in last night's game,"
explained Ozzie, who plays for the Newark Bears in the Atlantic League.
"Jose is the only one who uses the same size bat as I use, so I had to come
up here and borrow a few from him."

After saying goodbye to his brother, Ozzie remembered he needed one more thing.

"Oh, can I have some batting gloves too?" he asked, eyeing a new supply of
them in his brother's locker.

"Sure," Jose told him. "Take as many as you need."

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From the AP:
NY Yankees 12, Oakland 6

...Cone (2-10) also got plenty of help from his teammates, including Jose
Canseco's first homer in a Yankees' uniform, a tape-measure shot into the
upper deck in left field. Canseco had three RBI -- adding a pair of
sacrifice flies -- while Glenallen Hill belted a two-run homer and also
drove in three runs. ...

...With one out in the fourth, Canseco crushed the first pitch from Mulder
into the first row in the third deck in left field. After Justice doubled,
Hill hit a more conventional homer, lining a 2-1 pitch into the lower deck
in left field.

Canseco, the 12th player the Yankees have used as a designated hitter this
season, belted his 441st career homer, one shy of Dave Kingman for 23rd on
the all-time list....

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From ESPN.com:
Cone, Canseco lift Yankees to rout

...Jose Canseco helped out with his bat, homering into the upper deck and
driving in three runs as the New York Yankees backed Cone with big hits....

...Canseco, making his first start for New York, went 2-for-2 with a walk
and two sacrifice flies.

Batting cleanup, he launched his 441st career homer and first for the
Yankees, a shot into the upper deck in left field as the Yankees took a
10-0 lead in the fourth inning. Canseco also doubled....

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Mark Petrillo
mark@...
Canseconet.com - The Jose Canseco Site