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| Jose Canseco and an unnamed member of the opposing softball team prior to the charity challenge match. |
In the warm up and home-run derby, Canseco wowed the crowd by knocking both baseballs and softballs a long way out of Ottawa’s baseball stadium. There were no official measurements, but even the softballs flew well over 400 feet.
Following the derby, Canseco’s All Stars played a softball game against Malamud’s beer-league team (including yours truly). Despite falling behind early, the All Stars made a big comeback and won the game on a Canseco grand slam that flew so far over the 380-foot sign that guesses on its total distance ranged from 440 to 500 feet. Hitting a baseball that far is difficult enough, but blasting a softball that far is truly impressive.
Kudos to Malamud for pulling such a successful event together in just a few short weeks, and thanks to Jose Canseco for waiving his usual appearance fee to support a worthwhile cause.
I trust you didn't pick up any medical advice from him? Or financial either... yikes!
ReplyDeleteThat unnamed member of the other team is looking good, Canseco looks a little demonic.
Great pic and great story.
ReplyDeleteIt's not clear whether Jose Canseco is the guy on the right or the left. You should have captioned the picture.
ReplyDelete@Big Cajun Man: Jose is actually a very nice guy. He was tireless signing autographs and taking pictures with people.
ReplyDelete@Mark: Tks.
@Dan: I agree that the similarity of physiques is striking.
@JoseCanseco & @EvanMalamud,, they put on a great event for a great cause! hats off to both for job well done!
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