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Juiced
Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, And How Baseball Got Big
by Jose Canseco

7.6 based on 6 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 19 votes read user comments rate this book

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The former Oakland A's slugger comes clean about his past steroid use in this memoir, and implicates dozens of other Major League Baseball players in the process. Is he telling the truth? You make the call!

Regan Books, 304 pages
02/14/2005
$25.95

ISBN: 0060746408

Nonfiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Sports

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Boston Globe Bill Nowlin

Whatever the ego of the man who wrote it, Canseco's inevitably self-serving Juiced comes across as a dash of realism and candor, which may also help to prompt stricter controls and testing, perhaps to adopt Olympic standards -- if that is what audiences really want.

Houston Chronicle Richard H. Costa

Juiced omits nothing — not his abuse of Jessica, his second wife, from whom he's divorced; not his month in a Florida jail for breaking probation; not his tales of strip-joint sex; not his citing of Roger Clemens as the only player he knows who has never cheated on his wife and of Jason Giambi as the prime misuser of steroids.

Flak Mark Hayes

Bold and brash, and a little awkward at times, Juiced is a book that only Jose Canseco could write. Just like its author when he played baseball, readers and fans might not like the truths Juiced has to offer, but they're going to have to deal with them one way or another.

Publishers Weekly

Poorly written... Despite the headline-grabbing claims in this book, whether Canseco really knows anything about the problem beyond his own use is questionable.

Los Angeles Times Allen Barra

The worst sports book so far in three centuries... A shoddy, bush league knockoff for which no one except Canseco seems to want to take any credit. [23 Feb 2005, p.E6]

New York Observer Rob Neyer

With each turn of the page, his credibility slips another notch... If we can't believe the stuff we can check, why should we believe the stuff we can't?... In the end, actually, one gets the overwhelming impression that Mr. Canseco is delusional. [21 Feb 2005, p.6]

The average user rating for this book is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
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Ebenzer B gave it a9:
Steriods will always have a huge impact on baseball it's just the way it is. In this book Canseco illustrates the positive and negative influence on baseball and the human body. He always implies other huge players that used them like Mark Mcguire and many more.

Barry Bonds gave it a10:
This is the greatest book ever finally someone understands that steroids are bad

dave gave it a10:
pro baseball lost a lot of fans after thestrike,and noone cared.steroids were found and it was working.Heros were bieng made again,coming to see an athelitic giant at the old ball park was back,and once agian we did't know why or where or how,but he was there and were going to see him. Then uh oh----- if you want to hear more e-mail me.I went to jose's booksigning in naperville. I asked jose to inscribe something extra. The owner of the bookstore jumped up and said' NO'. Jose looked at me and repeated what i asked him to inscribe, as if to say , i like it. the owner continued to say "NO " and jose looked at me and said "i like that" and proceded to sign the book and inscription . All the while the nowner was telling jose no.I looked at jose,thanked him and both he and i smiled. the owner then stood up and yelled out "signature only no inscriptions from now on. I turned around and just smiled.

Matt H gave it an8:
This book is surprisingly very interesting. It is one of the better non-fiction novels that I have read. Jose's writting is quite good, even though he is the biggest cheater in baseball, his book is very good.

Davy B gave it a9:
This is a surprisingly well written book, and exposes baseball for its will worth

Steve D gave it a7:
This book was good when it talked about baseball and steroids but when he started talking about his love life...he lost me.

derek jeter gave it a10:
This book is awsome

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