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Jose Canseco tweets about sexual molestation, costing him chance at retaining TV job

'What is going on with all these politicians molesting women I've been molested by several women and never complained,' Jose Canseco tweeted Tuesday.
Jose Canseco, shown at his home in May, tweeted about sexual harassment and misconduct Tuesday. (Photo: Joshua Dahl, USA TODAY Sports)

Jose Canseco's tweets about politicians and sexual molestation cost him whatever chance he had at working in Major League Baseball in 2018.

In his first of several Tweets, he wrote:

"What is going on with all these politicians molesting women I've been molested by several women and never complained."

It didn't get any better after that. Even as most of the responses were imploring him to rethink what he was saying or delete altogether, Canseco continued:

--"Well I mean I've been beaten by women taken advantage of by women and molested by women I never complain but it was kind of a turn-on"

--"I see the difference I guess cuz I was a good-looking guy and these politicians look like a bag of boogers"

--"These women complaining against sexual misconduct are just racist against ugly men"

His Tweets came on the same day President Trump was under fire from some Democrats to resign after a tweet aimed at Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and more allegations of sexual harassment came to light.

It also hit the same day that ESPN suspended Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis, who are among a handful of former players under investigation for sexual harassment while employed by NFL Network.

Canseco, 53, is likely to lose his studio analyst job on Oakland Athletics telecasts as a result of the tweets. After a long estrangement from baseball, he had joined the NBC Sports California broadcasting crew as a pre- and postgame commentator last season.

Although a final evaluation of which analysts to bring back wasn't due until the new year, the cable outlet issued a statement distancing itself from his remarks.

“Jose Canseco is no longer an employee with NBC Sports California. His agreement with us ended after the 2017 baseball season,'' the statement said. "We certainly don’t agree with his comments, which do not reflect the values of our network or our team partner.”

Canseco, now 53, who was one of the Bash Brothers of the Oakland A's dynasty of the late 1980s. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1986 and AL MVP two years later. He was a member of two World Series winning teams. He admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs as a player and later wrote in a book that most of the players were doping to improve their game.

In a statement, the Oakland A's said they "were disappointed to learn of Mr. Canseco's statements."

"Mr. Canseco is not an employee of the Athletics," the statement said. "And his statements do not reflect the values of our organization or those of our most trusted partners."

On his Twitter account, Canseco lists his dream job as major league manager.

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