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The next player that I collect that came up on the randomizer is never going to the Hall of Fame but he was a superstar. Jose Canseco burst onto the scene in 1986, was an All-star and won the AL Rookie of the Year. Two years later he had another All-star campaign, led the AL in Home Runs and RBI, won a Silver Slugger Award and became the first player to ever steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs in the same season on his way to AL MVP honors. He may also have been the first player to have a fly ball bounce off his head and go over the fence for a home run. He would go on to play for seven different teams including the A's twice and was much more successful than his twin brother, Ozzie, who also played MLB ball. Of course today he is known as the father of steroids. I've read his book Juiced and his book Vindicated. Later in his career his massive body betrayed him and it was difficult for him to stay healthy and in the lineup. He may have been blackballed from baseball as he claims but I will still collect him. He's the most recent member of my 1000 Card Club and I currently have 1017 different Beckett recognized cards of Jose including these nine from my collection.

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1985 Huntsville Stars Jennings #44 Jose Canseco (This set, sponsored by Burger King was produced by Donn Jennings. I found the complete set at a dumpy old antique store in Holden, Maine. I drove by it every day and night on my way to work and back and never saw anybody there. One day I decided to stop and check it out and see if they had any baseball cards. I walked in to what appeared to be a hoarder's paradise and the proprietor seemed shocked to have an actual potential customer walk in. He was sitting at an old desk half buried in piles of papers and I asked him if he had any baseball cards. He told me he had boxes and boxes of them but had no idea where they were. It wasn't easy to maneuver throughout his store due to the disarray but as I turned to leave, I saw this complete set in a package tacked to a post. I bought it for $10. The shop closed soon after and looked like it was abandoned and even today the weeds are more than six feet tall around the front and windows are broken and I wouldn't be surprised if everything is still inside, maybe even the owner.<IMG SRC="https://www.beckett.com/forums/images/smilies/undecided.gif">)
1991 Topps Desert Shield #390 Jose Canseco AS (I only own a couple of these Desert Shield cards that parallel the 1991 base set and were issued in special packs available only to service people serving in Desert Storm.)
1997 Pinnacle Artist's Proofs #PP25 Jose Canseco S

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2001 Topps Traded Relics #JC Jose Canseco Bat
2002 Topps Traded Farewell Relic #FWJC Jose Canseco Bat (Topps showed Jose some love with this special relic issue upon his retirement.)
2003 Topps 205 Relics #JC Jose Canseco Bat B2

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2004 Donruss World Series Blue Material Fabric AL/NL #54 Jose Canseco A's Jsy/100
2004 Greats of the Game Glory of Their Time Game Used #JC1 Jose Canseco Jsy
2017 Leaf Holiday Bonus 2015 Leaf Legends of Sport Autographs #BAJC1 Jose Canseco (I got this card from Mouschi3 who has the most impressive Canseco collection of anyone I've come across. There are only 20 of these in existence.)