In terms of recent HOF vintage, Eckersley is the only one that clearly comes to mind. Maybe there’s another HOF or two that he played with slipping my mind (just to be clear, I’m just talking about folks Canseco played with … nothing else).

I think … that Canseco speaks the truth when he says that most of the players in the last few decades probably knowingly used something.

As far as I’ve read, Canseco has not before mentioned juicers in baseball prior to himself, as he considers himself the Godfather. Assuming (yes, I know) that the player he’s alluding to played during his career, the list of names includes Rice, Rickey, Gossage, Ripken, Gwynn, Sandberg, Boggs, Molitor, Eck, Murray, Carter, O. Smith, Winfield, Puckett, Yount, Fisk, and Brett. That’s a pretty wide net.

But, it’s probable that Henderson is this person. As a timeline, this is the first time Canseco has suggested that there is someone already inducted that has yet to be revealed. Connecting some other dots, Canseco’s adamant that McGwire did not hide their steroid use on an Athletics team that included Rickey. Rickey was also on 1996 and ‘97 Padres teams that included Ken Caminiti, a 2000 Mariners team that included ARod, a 2002 RedSox team that included M. Ramierez, and a 2003 Dodgers team that included Gagne and LoDuca (and Koyie Hill ;-) These are the big names that have been outed long ago on rosters that included Rickey, and I’m probably missing others.

I’m confused whether Canseco is implying that MLB already knows of this HOFer and is trying to cover its own ass, or MLB doesn’t know and it’s someone Jose knows and isn’t sharing. The latter is unlikely b/c this person would be unique in this respect.

if Canseco moved next door to you, your lawn would die. Just the antithesis of what a professional athlete should be, character wise.

Because if it was anyone else, Canseco would have said something.

Rickey was just inducted and he also defied nature by playing forever.

I wouldn’t rule out Rice as dabbling in it, though.

It’s fairly damned obvious who he is pointing fingers at.

but Canseco did come out and basically say that it wasn’t Rickey Henderson he was referring to. From USA Today

“I have no knowledge of Rickey using steroids in any manner, shape or form,” Canseco said in an interview with 950 ESPN radio in Philadelphia.

Canseco added that if the list of 104 players who tested positive for PEDs in 2003 ever comes out, MLB is “going to be in a big Catch-22.”

I have my guesses, but at this point, I really don’t know if I care that much about guessing. We’ll probably find out some rumor at who he was hinting at sooner than later.

He’s indicting Rickey Henderson. Make no mistake. He might say he doesn’t mean Rickey and the two have a friendship, but it is definitely Rickey his pea-brain is referencing. His mouth overruns his brain sometimes.

Whether Rickey was on roids is something I have no idea on.

once again WHO CARES.