Vindicated by Jose Canseco (2008, Hardcover)

Jose Canseco has said himself that he wrote this book and Juiced to exact revenge against MLB for blackballing him. His reasoning was that because he was the guy to bring steroids into the game, players improved by leaps and bounds and that caused the salary structure to explode over the years. Is that true? I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it was. In my OPINION, I think Jose is upset that his own body betrayed him...fell apart...and he was forced from the game. At one time, Jose was the talk of the town. HE was going to hit 62 home runs in a season. HE was going to hit 756 for his career. And now...with a career that included more trips on the DL than to the All Star game, and finishing with 462 home runs,he was removed from the Hall of Fame ballot after the 2007 voting and his career has been reduced to a footnote. He's watched from the sidelines as Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa broke records and were cheered and it ate at him (something he alluded to in Juiced).So now he decided to do something about this. Again, my OPINION is that he felt "if I can't have the addoration of the fans anymore,neither can they"

I don't think he wrote this book as a cash grab. He made $50 million dollars in his career. I also don't think he wrote this to "save" the game. If Jose was able to play out his career as he wanted, was able to be elected to the Hall of Fame and was able to feel vindicated by his playing, he wouldn't have written these books.

But I will say this. Shortly after Juiced came out, his former teammate Dave Stewart had said "You can call Jose a lot of things...but you can never call him a liar" and I think he proved that. I also believe that a lot of what he wrote in this book will prove true in the long run.

But as far as his motives go...they're suspect at best. This book is for him and nobody else. Not MLB, not the players union or the players themselves. But for Jose Canseco and his bruised ego.

Easy reading with large letters for all children, poor Jose sounds like he needs a hug. So much blowing his own horn throughout from the "Godfather" of steroids. Godfather....???, I wonder what Hulk Hogan and Arnold think about that....

I just wanted to have a first addition autograph copy of one of my favorite baseball players. Plus it was a good price since the boo it self was 35.00. Well worth the buy.

This was another great book by power-hitting author, Jose Canseco. His first book was a great read, and this one picked up where that one left off. He does, at times, repeat himself and his points, but the overall message is there: several big names juiced and Jose was the one helping them along the way. Some received more help than others, that much is for sure. This book is a must if you are a fan of his, and I also recommend it to those wanting to learn more about juicing in the big leagues.

i loved "juiced" and as Canseco will point out, was right on most everything he talked about in 'juiced'. But this book add no new information and overall is just Jose braggin about how he was right the first time around.

This book was not as juicy as Jose's first titled "Juiced." but I guess that's just because back then steroids in baseball were a big mystery. From a 1-10 scale I would say it is a 7, what ruins the book is not what I've learned new about it, in fact it's very interesting, it's the fact that he has so many pages but most of them are quotes from news papers and speeches he voiced at congress hearings and what not, but after that it is a 10 out of 10 and even can be described as off the scale, if you are a true baseball fan it is definitely a MUST HAVE!