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.
Dam I was playing in a poker tournament last night and something crazy happened to my finger that I shot off and they put back on.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
Ok well I might as well tell you .I was playing in a poker tournament last night and my finger fell off .someone took a video of it.
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) November 14, 2014
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.