“It’s like the godfather. When I thought I was out they drag me back in. And now it begins again,” Canseco posted on his Twitter account. Jose Canseco, who is now out of baseball and also testified before a congressional inquiry about his knowledge of rampant steroids use in the league, ventured into other sports such as boxing and MMA. Canseco may not be active anymore in the league but his connection with many players who used steroids during his time was putting him again in the limelight.

Canseco also posted that federal authorities visited his house to serve the subpoena issued by the grand jury investigating the perjury case of Roger Clemems. “Omg I just got a subpoena to testify before the grand jury about Roger Clemens, Andrew Pettite and others on Thursday April 8 2010 at 1:00 pm,” said Canseco on his Tweet.

His lawyer also confirmed it to the NY Times. Greg Emerson said that he had been contacted three weeks ago by a federal prosecutor in Washington who was seeking to serve Canseco with a subpoena. The prosecutor wanted Canseco to testify before a grand jury that is investigating whether Clemens committed perjury when he testified in 2008 and denied using steroids and human growth hormone.

Roger Clemens was charged with perjury because when he was implicated by Andy Pettitte, his former teammate, and Brian McNamee, his former trainer. The former pitcher continues to fight his case in court and is still firm with his statement that he did not use any performance enhancing drugs like steroids and HGH. In an investigation, Pettitte claimed that Clemens told him 10 years ago about his use of HGH. On the other hand, his sour relationship with his former trainer McNamee also puts more burden to him. McNamee revealed that he was even personally asked by Clemens to inject the pitcher with anabolic steroids and HGH.

Canseco’s testimony may put Clemens into a more difficult situation. First, the two both played with Boston, Toronto, and New York teams. The grand jury may be expecting that they will get more information from Canseco. In his book, Canseco already hinted that Clemens may be taking steroids but did not elaborate on this issue. Second, McNamee’s statement in the congressional inquiry that he took away a bottle of Anadrol-50 pills from Clemens and gave it to Canseco in the locker room of Blue Jays can be used again against Clemens. “I just turned around, and I gave the stuff to Canseco. He looked at it, and he said he thought it was Anadrol-50. And then he popped one or two in his mouth,” said McNamee in the congressional inquiry. Although this allegation was already denied by both players.

In late 2008, Canseco was apprehended by the authorities in the Mexican border for carrying human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a fertility drug. This is commonly used as a treatment for long-term use of steroids. Canseco admitted that he is on medication to maintain his testosterone level.

His books, Juiced and Vindicated, became a sensation because many baseball players were implicated. He also revealed the rampant use of steroids in the league.

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