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Canseco does talking but not much bashing.(The Orange County Register)

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| March 01, 2004 | Plunkett, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bill Plunkett

VERO BEACH, Fla. _ Jose Canseco struck a blow for literacy Monday.

Canseco, 39, spent the day at Dodgertown, participating in the Dodgers' annual open tryout. But Canseco's performance looked more like the first stop on a book tour than the first step toward a return to the major leagues.

Wearing ``Jordan" warm-up pants (not baseball pants) with the number 521 pinned to his back, Canseco went through an unimpressive workout with 107 other hopefuls, including fellow former major-leaguers Alex Arias, Bryan Rekar, Rusty Meacham, Doug Jennings and Jeff Sparks.

Canseco ran a timed 60-yard dash in 6.9 seconds but ...

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