Canseco to Cooperate With Steroid Investigation
Canseco to Cooperate With Steroid Investigation, By: Tim Brown
June 21, 2006
Jose Canseco, who has acknowledged long-time steroid use and claimed to have personally injected several of his high-profile teammates, has been asked to meet with agents for former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, his attorney said Tuesday.
"He has been contacted," Robert Saunooke said, "and, as always, he's available if they want us."
His book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big," was released at the height of the BALCO scandal.
Members of the San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Devil Rays coaching staffs reportedly have been contacted by Mitchell, apparently signaling a new phase of the investigation. Because he lacks subpoena power, Mitchell is expected to meet resistance on many fronts, but not from Canseco.
"If they needed anything from us," Saunooke said, "we'd be happy to help out. One would think he could at least shed light on the methods by which things were done and what he personally went through."
