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Canseco signs with Surf Dawgs
UNION-TRIBUNE
6:06 p.m. June 29, 2006
Former major league slugger Jose Canseco has signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs baseball team.
Canseco's first game with the Surf Dawgs – who play in the independent Class A Golden Baseball League – will be Saturday night in Chico against the Outlaws. His first home game will be July 7 against Chico at 7:05 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
Canseco – who will turn 42 on Sunday – is signed through the remainder of the GBL season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
His revelations about steroid use in the majors – including his own use of them – in his 2005 book “Juiced” helped spur Congress to hold hearings on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, which led to a stronger drug-testing policy by Major League Baseball.
Canseco last played in the majors in 2001, with the Chicago White Sox. In 17 seasons, he batted 266 with 462 home runs and 1,407 RBI. He was the 1986 Rookie of the Year for Oakland A's and the American League MVP in 1988 when he became the first major leaguer to have 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season.
This will be Canseco's return to professional baseball; although he has been playing in recreational leagues since his retirement, he has not played in the minors. Ronnie Singh, media director of the Surf Dawgs, said the team contacted Canseco recently to judge his interest in playing for them........
UNION-TRIBUNE
6:06 p.m. June 29, 2006
Former major league slugger Jose Canseco has signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs baseball team.
Canseco's first game with the Surf Dawgs – who play in the independent Class A Golden Baseball League – will be Saturday night in Chico against the Outlaws. His first home game will be July 7 against Chico at 7:05 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
Canseco – who will turn 42 on Sunday – is signed through the remainder of the GBL season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
His revelations about steroid use in the majors – including his own use of them – in his 2005 book “Juiced” helped spur Congress to hold hearings on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, which led to a stronger drug-testing policy by Major League Baseball.
Canseco last played in the majors in 2001, with the Chicago White Sox. In 17 seasons, he batted 266 with 462 home runs and 1,407 RBI. He was the 1986 Rookie of the Year for Oakland A's and the American League MVP in 1988 when he became the first major leaguer to have 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season.
This will be Canseco's return to professional baseball; although he has been playing in recreational leagues since his retirement, he has not played in the minors. Ronnie Singh, media director of the Surf Dawgs, said the team contacted Canseco recently to judge his interest in playing for them........
