After playing at the big league level for 17 years, Jose Canseco will now be getting paid to talk about the game.
Canseco has found himself the subject of headlines for various reasons in the past. He accidentally shot off part of his finger while cleaning his gun (photo here). He was also pulled over with a goat in his car. And, of course, there was Canseco’s tell-all book where he admitted to taking steroids along with naming other big name players he claimed did as well.
This time, though, the news is good. The team Canseco made his major league debut with announced on Monday he will be an on-air analyst for A’s pregame and postgame television programming this season.
Slugger @JoseCanseco joins @CSNAuthentic as an on-air analyst for A’s Pregame Live & A’s Postgame Live for the 2017 season. #RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/fQpY10E7mw
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) March 27, 2017
Canseco confirmed the new job via his Twitter account. He also fired off tweets about former commissioner Bud Selig and the amount of free food media members get.
Oakland Athletics analyst I love it
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) March 27, 2017
Proud to be newest member of national sports Media. First proposal is ban bud selig from Cooperstown until rose and McGwire r in.let's vote
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) March 27, 2017
I hear the amount of free food the Media gets is insane .worried about Media Belly so please make my spreads heavy on the paleo
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) March 27, 2017
Those who are familiar with Canseco on social media are likely wondering how he will be in front of the camera. With the new season less than a week away, we won’t have to wait long to find out. It should, at the least, be interesting and entertaining.
During his career (nine years came with the A’s), Canseco was a six-time All-Star and won the American League MVP Award in 1988. He also became the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a single season. Canseco also became known for this play, in which a baseball bounced off of his head and over the outfield fence for a home run.
