José Canseco Capas Jr., is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter. During his time with the Oakland A's, he established himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game. He won the Rookie of the Year (1986), and Most Valuable Player award (1988), and was a six-time All-Star. Canseco is a two-time World Series winner with the Oakland A's (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000).
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Jose Canseco was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1988 after having predicted the feat in April of that year. The most recent player to reach the milestone is Alfonso Soriano, achieving the feat during the 2006 season.
Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros was a Peruvian politician and member of the Peruvian Congress representing the Socialist Party of Peru (PDD), of which he was a founding President.
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Canseco Capas is a Cuban-American former professional baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former Major League Baseball player José Canseco.
Jessica Canseco is the former wife of Jose Canseco and author of a biography of her life with Canseco entitled Juicy: Confessions of a Former Baseball Wife. She would later wed and divorce Garth Fisher, and star in Hollywood Exes.
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big is a 2005 book by Jose Canseco and his personal account of steroid usage in Major League Baseball. The book is autobiographical, and it focuses on Canseco's days as a major leaguer, his marriages, his daughter, and off-field incidents including his bar room brawl in 2001. The book deals primarily with anabolic steroids, drawing upon the personal experiences of Canseco. He takes personal credit for introducing steroids to baseball, and names former teammates Mark McGwire, Juan González, Rafael Palmeiro, Iván Rodríguez, and Jason Giambi as fellow steroid users. He also believes he was blackballed by baseball when Bud Selig decided that the league needed to be cleaned up.
Ozzie or Ozzy is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Osvaldo, Oscar, Osborne and other names, surname and nickname which may refer to:
Francisco Diez Canseco served as Interim President of Peru for a brief period during 1872. He was the brother of General Pedro Diez Canseco.
Rocío Ana Maria Canseco is a Mexican television personality living in the United States. Canseco was the co-host of the Univision morning talk show, Despierta América. She also served as a guest host on the network's afternoon talk show El Gordo y La Flaca. As of 2010, Canseco appeared on Despierta América for 13 years, until October 21, 2010, when it was announced that she will no longer be a part of the television show.
As of September 2013, Canseco is a co-host of the Telemundo morning show Un Nuevo Día.
The Oakland Athletics' 1988 season involved the A's winning their first American League West title since 1981, with a record of 104 wins and 58 losses. In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule. The A's defeated the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, but lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, including a dramatic, classic walk-off home run by the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson in game one.
The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope.
Vindicated is a 2008 book written by former baseball player José Canseco. This book, similar to his first, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, focuses mainly on steroids in baseball. Vindicated has made several headlines. Canseco also writes of the now infamous 1998 party at his home.
"Take This Heart" is a song by Richard Marx, the third single from his 1991 album Rush Street. It hit number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number four on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. In the UK Single Chart, the song hit #13 in August 1992 as the follow-up to top 3 hit "Hazard".
Francisco Raul "Quico" Canseco is an attorney, businessman and former U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Bash Brothers are a duo of former baseball players consisting of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Both prolific home run hitters, the two were teammates in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven seasons with the Oakland Athletics, helping the team win a World Series title in 1989.
The Pittsburg Diamonds are an independent professional baseball team based in Pittsburg, California. Originally named the Pittsburg Mettle, the club changed their name to the Diamonds in 2015.
Josiphene Marie Canseco is an American model. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for June 2016 and her pictorial was shot by Henrik Purienne. She is also known for her relationship with American rapper Mike Stud.
