I have decided it is time to use my high profile position on JoeUser to nominate a "meathead of the month" from the news stories of the month. I will try to give my choices near the end of the month, when the "meathead" harvest is ripe.

This month's meathead is Jose Canseco. The washed up steroid ridden ex slugger found himself unable to retain employment in baseball (even as a DH....imagine THAT!) and has turned his attentions to writing. The only problem is, he seems to be writing fiction. His "tell all" book has the obvious ulterior motive of making money, and has worked wonderfully in that capacity. By outing the major sluggers on virtually every team, he has virtually guaranteed a google return somewhere using the formula of "(your favorite slugger/team) & Jose Canseco & steroids". Smart marketing, but poor decision making skills, as the only ones to have escaped this month's meathead's attention seem to be the batboys and the peanut vendors (and, looking at the bulked up behemoth that sold me my goobers last year at the ballpark, the latter seems suspect). Since Canseco's only way into Cooperstown is with an admission ticket, he seems insistent on putting the same limitations on other contemporary sluggers.

Or perhaps the whole thing is a well hidden attempt to ensure onetime teammate Ken Phelps his entry into Cooperstown by default.