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Former MLB Player’s Surgically Reattached Finger Falls Off at Inopportune Moment
This Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 photo posted on Jose Canseco's Twitter page shows the former major league baseball player recovering at his Las Vegas home with his fiancee, actress and model Leila Knight, after Canseco shot himself in the finger Tuesday. His agent Jose Melendez says Canseco was resting at home Wednesday, and friends and family were hoping his finger would respond well to a surgery. Officers responded to a call of an accidental shooting Tuesday afternoon, and said the former Oakland Athletics outfielder told them he was cleaning his gun in the kitchen when it fired, shooting a finger on his left hand. (AP/Courtesy Jose Canseco)

Former MLB Player’s Surgically Reattached Finger Falls Off at Inopportune Moment

"It was very loose...was also smelling really bad."

Just last month, former MLB player Jose Canseco shot off his finger while cleaning his gun and had it surgically reattached. Then, this week, the middle finger of the Cuban-born outfielder, who last played for the White Sox, fell off ... while he was playing poker.

This Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 photo posted on Jose Canseco's Twitter page shows the former major league baseball player recovering at his Las Vegas home with his fiancee, actress and model Leila Knight, after Canseco shot himself in the finger Tuesday. His agent Jose Melendez says Canseco was resting at home Wednesday, and friends and family were hoping his finger would respond well to a surgery. Officers responded to a call of an accidental shooting Tuesday afternoon, and said the former Oakland Athletics outfielder told them he was cleaning his gun in the kitchen when it fired, shooting a finger on his left hand. (AP/Courtesy Jose Canseco) An Oct. 29, 2014 photo posted on Jose Canseco's Twitter page shows the former major league baseball player recovering at his Las Vegas home with his fiancee, actress and model Leila Knight, after Canseco shot himself in the finger Tuesday. (AP/Courtesy Jose Canseco)

In a series of tweets, Canseco, who in the past has been particularly vocal about his political beliefs on Twitter, shared that his finger fell off during a poker tournament Thursday.

Canseco wrote that his agent bought the rights to the video, but it does not appear to have been released yet and it is unclear if Canseco will ever let it loose.

As of the time of this posting, Canseco hadn't tweeted any more updates as to the condition of his finger.

(H/T: Yahoo Sports)

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Liz Klimas

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