Vindicated Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball

In 2005, Jose Canseco blew the lid off Major League Baseball's steroid scandal with his New York Times bestselling memoir Juiced and no one believed him. Instead, baseball's former golden boy, Rookie of the Year, onetime Most Valuable Player, and owner of two World Series rings was called a liar. Despite this backlash, when steroids appeared in the headlines and record-breaking athletes started falling from grace, it became clear: Jose Canseco told the truth.

Jose Canseco was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to Miami with his family in the 1970s. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics, eventually playing for seven different major-league teams, winning several awards, and hitting 462 home runs in his seventeen-year career. Today, Canseco lives a quiet life in California with his daughter, Josie.