Canseco lashes out at MLB in HOF rant on Twitter
Jose Canseco is using social media make his feelings known once again, this time attacking Major League Baseball's decision not to allow certain players into the Hall of Fame.
On Sunday, Canseco unleashed a barrage of tweets, accusing MLB of being a hypocrite in its selection process.
Canseco believes MLB is allowing entrance to certain players who used performance-enhancing drugs throughout their careers, while making it difficult for others who did the same.
The hall of fame MLB induction. ..MLB don't be such a hypocrite. Don't hand select.let all the ped users in or don't let any in
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 2, 2017
As of Monday, 154 ballots have been submitted by eligible voters for the 2017 Hall of Fame class, according to Ryan Thibodaux. Among them are several players who are right on the cusp of meeting the 75 percent required to be inducted, including Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, two players Canseco believes should be in.
How dare MLB not let bonds ,mcguire, palmeiro,sosa,Juan Gonzalez and Roger clemens in the MLB hall of fame..
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 2, 2017
The two candidates are easy Hall of Fame inductees based solely on career numbers, but both are known users of performance-enhancing drugs. Canseco didn't seem to care about their use when it came to their election, and slammed the voting process as a whole.
They have inducted and will induct several more well-known ped users into the Hall of Fame MLB should be ashamed of them of themselves
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 2, 2017
MLB HD perfect definition of hypocrisy either let all the PD users who qualify in or do not have select or let none in
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 2, 2017
whole voting system should be revamped the writers who vote on the Hall of Fame should be replaced with more educated knowledgeable writers
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 2, 2017
The 52 year-old Canseco, who hit 462 home runs and won an MVP award during his 17-year career, was an admitted PED user during his playing days and wrote a tell-all book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big" in which he named several players who used steroids during their careers.