Jose Canseco 1997 (Athletics)

[@brocklee1996]

'87 seems like yesterday. I used to be glued to ESPN every night and This Week in Baseball every Saturday.

[@richardng3817]

1997, Canseco, McGuire, Giambi, Stairs all in 1 team! Power!!!

[@jasonjohnston5794]

I used to love watching ESPN Up Close as a kid. I never missed a interview.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

McGwire, Canseco, Giambi, Stairs, Berroa. That A's team had some thumpers but absolutely no pitching!

[@firebird_spleen4190]

Team of cheaters

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@firebird_spleen4190 STFU. The entire era was you pious twat.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

@ALF ALPHA The 2006 A's except for Crazy Milton Bradley shit the bed in the ALCS vs the Tigers. It was also the weakest of the 2000-06 teams. The team that should have won it all was the 01 team that had Giambi, Dye, Damon, Tejeda, Chavez and the Big 3. But they squandered a 2-0 ALDS lead against a very average Yankee team.

[@wgsuperstar7730]

Holy sh!t, forgot all about matt stairs

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Rich Eisen with the patented "GAAAAHT IT!" home run line from SportsCenter at 4:08...that's nostalgic AF.

[@DFW817]

Great interview, Jose could be an analyst.

[@tintin025]

So glad Canseco got back together with Oakland and McGwire 1 last time! Then he became a Blue Jay and McGwire a Cardinal. Funny that the Athletics and Blue Jays are my two favourite teams and Canseco has said even though Oakland is his home, Toronto was next. He luvs Canada. Would have been great to see McGwire in T.O for a year!

[@futuregohan4837]

I Always Wondered What Would Happened If McGwire Went To Toronto Instead Of St. Louis In 1997 You'd Have The Toronto Street Bombers (Canseco, Delgado And McGwire)

[@infntnub]

I really wish this era would have went much better.. would have been a great story. This reunion left a lot to be desired though.

[@jhive23]

Espn was so cool back around 97

[@davidmazzini783]

Mcgwire's swing was a thing of beauty.

[@leonardodelarosa8328]

And Canseco swing was insane

[@rafi4241]

To hear Jose say he can he see mark hit 60 and he does it is crazy

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Everybody was making 60 homerun predictions back then for players like Griffey, Thomas, etc It wasn’t far fetched to assume McGwire could do it.

[@derekvietro784]

Thank you so much for your awesome content and great videos. My all time favorite players since 1990 have always been canseco and mcgwire. So glad you have so much stuff on them.

[@P31B]

1997 Oakland A’s had McGwire, Canseco, Matt Stairs, Jason Giambi, and young Tony Batista and Miguel Tejada. But if you look at their pitching, you’ll understand how such a stacked lineup had such an abysmal record

[@azeemali7102]

Yes, it did to below, it was the greatest building-golden econmic era in history known to man...

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

The A's never should have traded Canseco for Sierra and Witt. Dumb trade.

[@infntnub]

Yeah.. they said it was to bolster their pitching for the playoffs but I think we all know Larussa wanted him gone. That dick.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

Sierra was an even bigger asshole than Canseco...

[@joegti10]

injuries, wasnt producing at his high level, highest paid player

[@roweshowtactical]

THE GOAT

[@RAtMW88]

Those were 3 strikes on Canseco 6:00 He was toying with the umpire, daring him to ring him up imo.

[@thestevelynchtrifecta9184]

They were strikes 💯

[@musicman76enator]

2:31 Funny how Jose said he predicts a 60 home run season in Big Mac's future. He ended up seeing it the next year. Weird how history works, eh?

[@outsiderdf]

McGwire didn't hit 60 until the next season.

[@musicman76enator]

@@outsiderdf Yeah I meant the next year. Sorry.

[@raypratt-bw9ib]

It's pretty sad when u can't even get a damn speeding ticket without it being worldwide news and as if he assaulted somebody,crazy man!!

[@bobcrane2720]

8:32 "If that were any lower, I'd have to dig to hades to find it!" (Conan O'Brien playing old time baseball.)

[@HamsterK37]

11:45 Their fans don't show up yearly, no matter the record or player success, and you can hear his frustration.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Was Canseco in a Red Sox jersey?

[@brettfavreify]

All that power from a shot in the ass in a bathroom stall. Who knew?

[@willshad]

This was the point when Canseco's career went straight downhill, while Mcgwire's career skyrocketed. Maybe Big Mac had better steroids?

[@MDJ-wb1pn]

Steroids do not make you a better baseball player. Period! These guys already had talent the steroids were blown up from the media and brainwashed people that said steroids make you a great baseball player.

[@familyguyblows]

mike de julia damn straight, if you saw Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Greg Valentino has always been on steroids and he couldn't touch a single ball.

[@chetthedebt2169]

You two are in strong denial.

[@ryanthompsonthompson820]

utubegirl. Canseco said he was a bad ballplayer before steroids?

[@cdraper7277]

Jose has said he wouldn't have been the player he was without steroids.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@utubegirl The same reason why a great player like Jerry Rice trains extensively during the offseason. You do anything to get an edge. NO ONE is disputing that steroids don't improve a player...but like the OP said...you have to bring something talent wise TO THE DANCE to have it ENHANCED. Ozzie Canseco also took steroids and never homered once in the Major Leagues. JOSE'S TWIN BROTHER. If ANYONE would've proven that you could just pump steroids into anyone and make them a star, it would've been Jose Canseco's twin fucking brother. But instead, he was a scrub and Jose was a borderline HOFer stat wise.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

The Reds team he speaking of had Pete Rose's fingerprints all over it.....

[@pitchingrebel3352]

Stop with all the steroid bullshit people. The truth is, most of the pitchers were on the same shit they were on. I know that for a fact. So at the end of the day, it was an even playing field whether you want to admit it or not. Case fucking closed.

[@catalystv7520]

I don’t think he was on roids, ya’ll just hating

[@barrybonds9558]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaatt

[@roweshowtactical]

Except he admitted it lol. But he’s still the OG GOAT

[@mr.n7499]

These two hurt the game...

[@infntnub]

Many would argue the "steroid" era was one the best times for baseball (ironically). The Sosa/Big Mac chase for the record (at the time) was one of the all-time high points for the sport, for example. All thanks to juice... So yeah, "hurt" is a hard term to use when you consider the good it did and these guys were in the center of it.

[@firebird_spleen4190]

@@infntnub no it wasn't. Era of cheaters. Ruth's era was the best

[@infntnub]

@@firebird_spleen4190 ironically, you can look in every era and identify cheaters - it just wasn't as flashy as the steroid era... Ruth's era lol. You do realize how much junk pitchers were adding to the ball in that time, right? Please..

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@firebird_spleen4190 so you're an idiot AND a racist. The era without blacks, Latinos, Asians is your "best"? GTFOH jackass

[@mrfake675]

It made people believe in a lie. Short term gain long term weakened credibility

[@RAtMW88]

Lol Canseco always hitting his head 8:20

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

Thats why you wear a helmet. He couldve been out with a concussion. Nice wok Jose!!

[@gsxr2fst498]

All these player used roids from their teen years.

[@bigperm4119]

6'5, 245 lbs my ass

[@bigperm4119]

6'4, 240 lbs my ass