Ex-MLB Hitter Makes Pitch For Chief Of Staff Job

OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 3: Jose Canseco throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on September 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The Red Sox defeated the Athletics 11-2. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)  *** Local Caption *** Jose Canseco
OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 3: Jose Canseco throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on September 3, 2016 in Oakland, California... OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 3: Jose Canseco throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on September 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The Red Sox defeated the Athletics 11-2. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images) MORE LESS

NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Canseco is ready to take a swing at politics.

The former major league slugger has made his pitch for a big job at the White House, tweeting Wednesday to President Donald Trump: “u need a bash brother for Chief if (sic) Staff.”

Canseco told his “little buddy” he has “a secret reorg plan already.” He suggested Trump send him a direct message and signed off (hashtag)yeswecanseco.

The outspoken Canseco knows his way around Washington. He testified on Capitol Hill before Congress during its 2005 hearings into the use of steroids in baseball.

Canseco hit 462 home runs during 17 seasons in the majors. He played for seven teams from 1985 to 2001 and was the 1988 AL MVP with Oakland.

Trump’s decision on a replacement for departing chief of staff John Kelly is expected by the end of the year.

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  1. This has been up for over an hour without a comment. I must say it leaves me pretty speechless myself.

  2. Hope he realises that if JIvanka isnt around , hell have to help change Donny*s Diaper .

  3. Still a better love story than Twilight

  4. Avatar for docd docd says:

    My guess is that everyone thought that it either spoke for itself in ways we could not, or was actually a planted story from The Onion.

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