Jose Canseco, former professional baseball player and steroid whistleblower, has reported having nightmares about steroids. Specifically, he experiences nightmares regarding the fallout from the revelations in his book “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. The autobiographical account told of widespread steroid use in Major League Baseball.
“I have had nightmares since I wrote that book,” Canseco wrote on Twitter. “It still haunts me till today. It is my demon that never sleeps.” 
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The “godfather of steroids in baseball” openly and honestly discussed his own steroid use while playing in the MLB. But that was not what made Canseco one of the most unpopular players in recent history. “Juiced” became a nationwide bestseller because Canseco was willing to provide the names of fellow teammates that he alleged used anabolic steroids. Canseco felt that he was forced out of the game and ostracized from the sport as a direct result of his book.
In “Juiced” and its sequel “Vindicated”, Canseco identified Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez as steroid users. He also implicated Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens (although he did not claim to have direct knowledge).
The biggest name outed by Canseco at the time was Mark McGwire whose epic pursuit with Sammy Sosa of Roger Maris’ single season home run record revitalized the national pasttime. McGwire hit 70 homeruns compared to Sammy Sosa’s 66 homeruns.
Canseco and McGwire were teammates with the Oakland A’s. Canseco talked about using Deca Durabolin and Winstrol when he and McGwire played with the Oakland A’s. In better days, Canseco and McGwire were popularly known as the “Bash Brothers”.
Canseco claimed to have personally injected McGwire with steroids on numerous occasions.
“I injected Mark in the bathrooms at the Coliseum more times than I can remember,” said Canseco. “Sometimes we did it before batting practice, sometimes afterward. It was no big deal.”
Initially, the steroid accusations were not given much credibility. McGwire strongly denied Canseco’s claims. But over time, most of the accusations have proven true.
On January 11, 2010, McGwire finally admitted that Canseco was telling the truth when he had accused him of using steroids and human growth hormone (hGH).
“I used steroids during my playing career and I apologize,” said McGwire in a statement. “I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 off season and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. I used them on occasion throughout the ’90s, including during the 1998 season.”
McGwire received a second chance to participate in the sport he loved when he was hired as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach in 2010.
Canseco can only continue to dream about being given a second chance to reutrn to the Major Leagues. But he has not given up. He was invited to tryouts fo the ”Tigres de Quintana Roo” of the Mexican Baseball League. The Quintana Roos are a Minor League Baseball sanctioned triple-A team. Canseco hopes that earning a spot on the Quintana Roos roster will be his stepping stone back to the Majors after a decade away.
