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On this date, April 4: Canseco, McGwire become ‘Bash Brothers’

With each passing year baseball’s old muscle-bound duo of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, once triumphantly joined at the forearm as “Bash Brothers” with the A’s, fades further and further away from the sport’s relevancy.

Some point out it’s the price to be paid for cheating the game during its worst scandal in nearly a century.

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Canseco’s tell-all book in 2005 detailing his own steroid usage and implicating other players, including his buddy McGwire, had dire circumstances for many in baseball. It also had a devastating effect on the two sluggers’ relationship. It’s been 15 years and counting since Canseco has had any contact with McGwire, who has blocked any attempts at reconciliation.