4 other jobs Jose Canseco wanted before joining A's broadcast team

Jose Canseco's baseball career is well chronicled: 1986 Rookie of the Year, 1988 AL MVP, 1989 World Series champion, unfathomable power at the plate, 462 career home runs, and the first 40-40 season in baseball history.

And yet, even with those accomplishments, it still took the controversial former All-Star some 15 years - since he last played with the White Sox in 2002 - to get back to the major leagues. It finally happened on Monday when the team he became a star with, the Oakland Athletics, brought him on as a television analyst for this season. This will indeed be must-see TV all year.

So what's Jose been up to for the last 15 years since being - in his own words - "blackballed" from MLB? Well, he's been visible, popping up as a whistleblowing author, at independent home-run derbies, and various other random appearances. But judging by the amount of job applications he's put out on his notoriously weird Twitter account, it would seem he's needed some work for a long time. Thank god the A's stepped in and gave him this analyst gig.

Before Canseco shows up on a TV near you, let's look back and remember when he was semi-unemployed, desperately trying to get attention, and giving out hugs 4 all of u. Here are four jobs that Canseco applied for (and often failed doing so) during his 15-year exile from the majors.

Combat sports

Canseco is an athlete, so it's only natural that he'd try his hand at another sport after baseball. In 2009, he made a valiant attempt to forge a career in mixed martial arts that didn't last too long. His first and only bout - against 7-foot-2 Korean Hong-man Choi - lasted just 77 seconds.

Stick to swinging bats instead of your fists, Jose.

Mayor Canseco?

In 2012, the former Blue Jay attempted to run for mayor of Toronto against then-incumbent Rob Ford. Canseco's platform, as seen on his campaign website, included adding bike lanes, helping schools, making Toronto a "hater-free zone," and settling the 2012 NHL lockout - the latter of which he claimed to have done single-handedly. Unfortunately for both Jose and the fine citizens of Toronto, the fact that he's not a Canadian citizen ended his campaign before it even started. After being told he couldn't run, Canseco appeared to briefly try to stage a municipal coup from afar.

If Canseco gets bored doing TV, he should know Toronto's holding another municipal election next year.

Commissioner of baseball

He's blasted Bud Selig many times, but in 2013 Canseco put his money where his mouth is and - armed with a comprehensive 10-step plan to improve the sport - applied to succeed Selig as commissioner of baseball. A few of his radical proposals:

As of Monday, current commissioner Rob Manfred has yet to host a VHS demolition night at the still-standing Astrodome.

Big-league skipper

Canseco presumably sent his resume - plus this tweet as a cover letter - to teams in need of a skipper during the 2013 offseason.

Don't laugh, because Canseco does have experience here. In 2011 he served as player-manager for the independent Yuma Scorpions, leading them to a 35-53 record. Now Canseco will be right there in Oakland watching over Athletics skipper Bob Melvin, and you have to think Monday's announcement just made Melvin's seat a little warmer.

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