"He started the tarnishment of America’s favorite pastime."
-- Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez, who wants to change the name of Jose Canseco Street.
Onetime major league slugger Jose Canseco is not wanted among baseball’s elite after exposing rampant steroid use in America’s pastime. And he isn’t wanted on Jose Canseco Street near Florida International University, either.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez took the first step in stripping Canseco’s name off five blocks on Southwest 16th Street.
Martinez cited requests from constituents and Canseco playing the role of “snitch” as motivation for the name change.