Jose Canseco 'will not give up the dream' of making MLB again

Of all the millions using Twitter today, there probably isn't anyone using the medium as a sadder window into his or her life than Jose Canseco. 

Whether it's going on a MMA-related meltdown, reporting his own eviction to his 350K+ followers or allegedly threatening people via DM, Canseco continues to shine a depressing light on his state of mind. It clearly isn't easy being an ex-steroid user who wrote two books outing other steroid users.

Anyway, Canseco went on another spiel — delivered in manic 140-character bursts — over the weekend.

His message: He thinks he can still play for a major league team at the ripe, young age of 46.  

A sampling of his Tweets via @JoseCanseco:

I can dh for any major league team and lead the league in home runs,just give me the chance

I was laughed at when I said I would do the 40^40

I will show everyone that steroids are completely overrated once I get the chance to play again.all I need is the chance

I will not give up the dream of playing in the majors again,I just cant

I dream about playing almost every night.when I wake up and realize I am not anymore that's when the nightmare begins

I am and will always be just simply a baseball player,my tomb stone will just say. Baseball.

Canseco hasn't been in the big leagues since 2001, when he played in 76 games for the Chicago White Sox and hit 16 homers with a .258 average. He's played in the minors and in a few publicity-seeking stints in independent leagues since then — most recently in 2010 with the Laredo Broncos — but he has no shot at playing for a MLB team ever again. 

Hopefully he can find another goal — a realistic one, not one born from scary delusion — to achieve the peace that he very clearly doesn't have right now.

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