Jose Canseco Holds Press Conference For Himself

This morning, I received an email with this video. It’s Jose Canseco out in Los Angeles, speaking at a lectern with a microphone fielding questions. I believe this is what people in the business call a “press conference.” After a few questions, I got distracted by something else online, and didn’t go back to it. But from the sound of the questions, it seems like it was decently attended.

But, then I saw this:

And read this:

Only one reporter from The Associated Press, Canseco’s lawyer, a photographer and four camera crews attended the news conference. All but two of the 100 seats were empty.

Yeah, I guess my assumption was dead wrong. As the Blogfather tweeted, this is pretty much the saddest press conference in the world. And what it proves is this: For as dead-on as Canseco has been about the steroid era, for as many names that have come out of his lips that have been tied to PEDs, he’s still an outsider, a flake, a clown, and he’s prone to say a bunch of other absurd, ridiculous stuff. (Ask Pat Jordan about all this.) We care about Jose Canseco when he’s naming names (it’s always about finding out the names); We make fun of him when he’s boxing Danny Bonaduce, or trying to become a knuckleball pitcher in some random baseball league.

Jose’s only of service to us when he’s condemning other baseball stars. When he’s at a lectern just spitballing about the game not giving him a chance in Los Angeles on a Thursday afternoon?

You get 98 empty seats.

Posted at 10:58 am
on May 8th, 2009
Tags: Jose Canseco, Manny Ramirez, MLB, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids

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(it’s always about finding out the names); We make fun of him when he’s boxing Danny Bonaduce, or trying to become a knuckleball pitcher in some random baseball league.

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I believe this is what people in the business call a “press conference.” After a few questions, I got distracted by something else online, and didn’t go back to it. But from the sound of the questions, it seems like it was decently attended.

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Yap So boo on James (and Kevin Garnett) for throwing that crap into the air. And kudos to Bryant, who gets his and bends at the waist to lower his hands toward the floor, discreetly dispersing it with slow claps that keep it out of harm’s way.

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Yeah, I will also not continue if that happens.

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We make fun of him when he’s boxing Danny Bonaduce, or trying to become a knuckleball pitcher in some random baseball league.

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98 empty seats ! What is reputation of this person now ? No one even want to listen to him !

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So boo on James (and Kevin Garnett) for throwing that crap into the air. And kudos to Bryant, who gets his and bends at the waist to lower his hands toward the floor, discreetly dispersing it with slow claps that keep it out of harm’s way.

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We care about Jose Canseco when he’s naming names (it’s always about finding out the names); We make fun of him when he’s boxing Danny Bonaduce, or trying to become a knuckleball pitcher in some random baseball league.

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I believe this is what people in the business call a “press conference.” After a few questions, I got distracted by something else online, and didn’t go back to it. But from the sound of the questions, it seems like it was decently attended.

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We care about Jose Canseco when he’s naming names (it’s always about finding out the names); We make fun of him when he’s boxing Danny Bonaduce, or trying to become a knuckleball pitcher in some random baseball league.

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Yeah, I will also not continue if that happens. It would be too boring. If that few we will just go out and have a meeting instead.

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This is what I term a 'lone ranger' though you must really admire his guts.

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I think he was trying to make a point and he did it with one guest.

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Only one person in the audience. Funny.

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How is it possible to speak in front of empty seats.Its so weird.

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That's sad. This guy was my childhood hero. Every kid in highschools across the country knew the name Jose Canseco. It's crazy how it's come to this.

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How is it possible to speak in front of empty seats.Its so weird.

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It's weird to be speaking to an empty audience. I wouldn't go ahead if it happened to me.

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Yeah, I will also not continue if that happens. It would be too boring. If that few we will just go out and have a meeting instead.

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Some good points raised in that post. Will be back to check for more.

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