Comments on: Who’s Lying? http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/25/whos-lying/ In-your-face baseball commentary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/25/whos-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-54513 Sarah Green Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:49:03 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/whos-lying/#comment-54513 Melissa, I think Coley is referring to Ordonez, though usually when baseball fans say "Miggy" they mean Miguel Tejada...who was also accused of juicing by Jose Canseco. Confusing. Melissa, I think Coley is referring to Ordonez, though usually when baseball fans say “Miggy” they mean Miguel Tejada…who was also accused of juicing by Jose Canseco. Confusing.

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]]> By: melissa http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/25/whos-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-54512 melissa Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:13:10 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/whos-lying/#comment-54512 Coley, Who's Miggy? Sarah, It's possible Canseco actually had first hand knowledge in this instance because he was teammates with Maggs on the White Sox in 2001. I don't think it matters to Jose though if he has any actual evidence or not. Paul, The story from Ordonez's camp is that Canseco wanted Maggs to invest in a movie in exchange for no mention in the book. How could Maggs have known that Jose needed money for a movie unless Jose told him? I suppose it's possible that he read it in Variety and then concocted the extortion story. Coley, Who’s Miggy?

Sarah, It’s possible Canseco actually had first hand knowledge in this instance because he was teammates with Maggs on the White Sox in 2001. I don’t think it matters to Jose though if he has any actual evidence or not.

Paul, The story from Ordonez’s camp is that Canseco wanted Maggs to invest in a movie in exchange for no mention in the book. How could Maggs have known that Jose needed money for a movie unless Jose told him? I suppose it’s possible that he read it in Variety and then concocted the extortion story.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/25/whos-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-54511 Sarah Green Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:21:29 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/whos-lying/#comment-54511 The tricky thing about this book is that it picks up where "Juiced" left off---which is after Canseco has left the majors. How much could he really know about life in the locker room after his departure? If he's not the one squeezing into the bathroom stall and sticking other dudes with needles, how does he have his info? Idle gossip? Not surprising, then, that his original ghost writer dropped out (leaving him to work with the same guy who helped OJ write "If I Did It") or that his original publisher just dropped him as well. The tricky thing about this book is that it picks up where “Juiced” left off—which is after Canseco has left the majors. How much could he really know about life in the locker room after his departure? If he’s not the one squeezing into the bathroom stall and sticking other dudes with needles, how does he have his info? Idle gossip?

Not surprising, then, that his original ghost writer dropped out (leaving him to work with the same guy who helped OJ write “If I Did It”) or that his original publisher just dropped him as well.

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]]> By: Coley Ward http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/25/whos-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-54510 Coley Ward Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:58:37 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/whos-lying/#comment-54510 What's great is that, even if Canseco did try to blackmail Miggy, I don't know if that discredits him. I mean, if we were willing to overlook Canseco's own steroid use, as well as the domestic violence charges, the bar brawls and his participation in The Surreal Life, we surely aren't going to draw the line at blackmail, are we? What’s great is that, even if Canseco did try to blackmail Miggy, I don’t know if that discredits him. I mean, if we were willing to overlook Canseco’s own steroid use, as well as the domestic violence charges, the bar brawls and his participation in The Surreal Life, we surely aren’t going to draw the line at blackmail, are we?

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