Google: Taiwan is Taiwan

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Book Review: Jose Canseco’s Juiced

	Jose Canseco, with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2000, prepares to go to bat during a Spring Training game against the Philadelphia Phillies at the Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

It’s not every day you feel sympathy for a guy like Jose Canseco. After all, he had once been the male American dream incarnate who had everything: good looks, huge biceps, an MVP trophy, a World Series ring, a relationship with Madonna, money, Corvettes, and superstardom. Still, he ungratefully blew it all with reckless driving, domestic violence and, with his new book, barefaced promotion of steroids as a way of life and betrayal of his former teammates. But after reading his book Juiced, I find myself feeling empathy- not anger or hatred- toward the former right fielder whose picture off the back of a Macaroni & Cheese box was once a collector’s item. Read the rest of this entry »