Is Canseco Just Trying to Make a Profit?

There has been a lot of hype these last couple of years in Major League Baseball about the use of steroids with professional baseball players. There has been many pointed fingers towards certain baseball players during these years. These fingers have been mostly ponited at the the home run kings of recent "Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa". People think that just because these guys got a little more muscular and hit a few more home runs that they most have taken steroids. To add to these rumors of steroid, last week Jose Canseco announced his publishing of his book, which accuses many specific players taking steroids. Earlier this week he also stated in a interview, "There is no doubt in my mind that Barry Bonds takes Steroids". This comment has now sparked a big controversey with Barry Bonds and this upcoming season.

On February 23 there was a news conference held for Barry Bonds in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bonds spoke out in rage on the assumption Canseco made about him. He stated, "I don't believe steroids help baseball players at all, it takes hand and eye coordination, techincally to hit a baseball, and thats my opinion, I just don't believe it." This comment is very true because it takes much more than a little added muscle to be a great baseball player, such as Barry Bonds. Bonds has had successful seasons his entire career. So what if he got a little more muscular, the muscles he got could of easily been achieved by legal supplements. Studies have been done that have proved that steroids only add 3 yards onto the distance of a hit ball. Still, steroids don't help you make hard solid contact everytime at bat. Also to mention, Bonds had one of the highest batting averages in MLB, which shows he does more then just hit home runs. Now the question arises, Is Canseco telling the "Truth" or is he telling "Lies" to try and make money for his newly released book?