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LAS VEGAS-

Former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco tweeted Friday that his finger “fell off” during a poker tournament.

Canseco accidentally shot his finger off while cleaning his gun Oct. 28 at his Las Vegas home.

Canseco is a controversial figure in professional sports, having admitted to using steroids and claimed there was widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the MLB.

In his 17 seasons in the majors, Canseco hit more than 450 home runs.