Some former athletes are pretty desperate for attention once they have left the playing field, but there are probably better ways to get it than this.
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According to TMZ Sports, former MLB MVP and admitted steroids-user Jose Canseco accidentally blew off the middle finger on his left hand last night while cleaning his gun in his Las Vegas home.
Less than one week after Canseco used his Twitter account to tell his followers to not fly Delta Airlines because they are a "scam," Canseco's fiancé and sexy WAG Leila Knight used it to confirm the news of the former slugger's injury.
Doctors said that even under the best of circumstances, Canseco will never regain full use of his digit, but even Canseco knows it could have been much worse.
Shooting off your middle finger while cleaning your handgun sounds awful, but it's way more badass than injuring yourself playing Guitar Hero: The 26 Dumbest Sports Injuries of All Time

According to TMZ Sports, former MLB MVP and admitted steroids-user Jose Canseco accidentally blew off the middle finger on his left hand last night while cleaning his gun in his Las Vegas home.
Less than one week after Canseco used his Twitter account to tell his followers to not fly Delta Airlines because they are a "scam," Canseco's fiancé and sexy WAG Leila Knight used it to confirm the news of the former slugger's injury.
This is Leila . Thank you all for the kind words and prayers . Jose is in still surgery and will be ok. Please pray for his finger !! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
- Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) October 29, 2014
Doctors said that even under the best of circumstances, Canseco will never regain full use of his digit, but even Canseco knows it could have been much worse.
Got no sleep. Hope I can keep my finger but grateful it wasn't something worse @ModelLeila my nurse taking good care pic.twitter.com/TR78fmru8d
- Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) October 29, 2014
Shooting off your middle finger while cleaning your handgun sounds awful, but it's way more badass than injuring yourself playing Guitar Hero: The 26 Dumbest Sports Injuries of All Time