The two were twins, marking the first of three times that twins played on the same team (along with Eddie and Johnny O'Brien and Jose and Ozzie Canseco).
Jose Canseco was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1988 after having predicted the feat in April of that year.
In May 2008, WCAU-TV sports director and former NFL player Vai Sikahema accepted an open challenge from former MLB player Jose Canseco to fight him in a celebrity boxing match for $5,000.
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, a 2005 book by Jose Canseco that alleged widespread steroid use in baseball (including his own)
Wally Joyner, Jose Canseco, and Mark McGwire each had 14 in their rookie years, the rookie record.
Use of the banned drug was subsequently revealed by Jose Canseco in his 2005 book Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big where he alleged that 85% of baseball players were using the banned substance.
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The Atlantic League has had more marquee players than any other independent league, including José Canseco, Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Canseco, Rubén Sierra, Carlos Baerga, and John Rocker.
The team was also to be known as the Las Vegas Lights before a naming-rights deal with PROLYM Enterprises, a company which specializes in athletic aspects, and was endorsed by Paris Hilton, Diddy, Sharon Stone, José Canseco, Cuttino Mobley, Smush Parker, and Tom Arnold.
In his controversial book, José Canseco, a teammate of Saunders in 1999, stated that Saunders' broken arm may have been a result of steroid abuse.