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Ever since a blogger got his hands on a copy of Jose Canseco's newest tome, Vindicated, and wrote about the accusations Canseco makes against Alex Rodriguez and his possible steroid use, A-Rod has been keeping rather quiet about the whole thing. Despite the repeated questions he's getting on the subject, all anybody is able to get out of Rodriguez is generally a "no comment."

Not exactly a shock when you consider that A-Rod spends four hours a day in front of the mirror practicing his answers to any questions he may receive. The problem with Alex's approach is that since a lot of what Canseco said in his first book turned out to be true, a lot of people are mistaking Rodriguez's silence for guilt.

Of course, Canseco thinks A-Rod is staying quiet because he's frozen in fear of the mesh-shirt wearing extortionist.

Canseco is still reveling in the discomfort he's caused Rodriguez. Every awkward "no comment" from A-Rod gives Canseco great glee.

The best part, Canseco says in an exclusive interview at the Omni Berkshire in midtown, is that Rodriguez can't do anything about it. If A-Rod threatens to sue Canseco or goes on "60 Minutes" to attack his credibility, Canseco will respond with "Max," the Canadian steroid dealer he claims to have hooked A-Rod up with in the late 1990s. If Canseco is sued or attacked, Max - up to this point simply known as an unidentified .steroids supplier - will go public with everything he knows about A-Rod, says Canseco. This, Canseco adds, is not a war that A-Rod can win.
"I've got the ace in the hole," Canseco says with a laugh. "And he knows it. So there's no way that he's going to fight me. He's trying to make it go away."

Jose Canseco Has an 'Ace in the Hole' - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

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Every day he removes more and more doubt that he will in fact go down as the biggest scum-sucker in sports. I have no use for steroid users but I have less use for the way Jose is going about making the info public.