Jose Canseco tweets out photo of shot hand: 'Hope I can keep my finger'

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Jose Canseco, seen here testifying on steroids in front of congress in 2005, accidentally shot his hand on Tuesday in his Las Vegas home.
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Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco injured himself on Tuesday according to ABC News, when he accidentally shot his own hand while cleaning his gun in his Las Vegas home. The bullet tore through his middle finger, where Canseco was then rushed to the hospital. Today, Canseco tweeted an image of his hand wrapped in a cast.





The tweet includes the message "Hope I can keep my finger." Canseco is a six-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion. Canseco is also known for admitting to steroid use in 2005 and testifying in congress on the state of steroids in baseball.

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