"You know I know who you are" - MLB legend Jose Canseco takes aim at steroid-era icons, questions their Hall of Fame credentials

Two-time World Series champion and Oakland Athletics legend Jose Canseco fired shots at fellow baseball icons during his era for using performance-enhancing drugs and still making it to Cooperstown. Canseco never received that HOF nod for accepting to use PEDs during his major league career.

But on his Off My Chest Sports Show, he got candid while taking a dig at some steroid-era icons. While he never names any ballplayers, he went on to say:

"There is right now at least five members in the Hall of Fame and you know, I know who you are that used PEDs. I won't mention your names but you know, I know who you are."

Jose Canseco also took a swipe at the BBWAA and the MLB for discriminating between some while largely rewarding others. Canseco said:

"Why are [they] only allowing some and not all? You either allow them all in who used PEDs or none."

Take a look at the short snippet of the show here:

In 2005, Jose Canseco published a tell-all book titled Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. In the book, he confessed to taking performance-enhancing drugs for a major part of his big-league career.

In the book, he also claimed that almost 85% of the ballplayers used anabolic steroids, which is still a disputed and unconfirmed number. Furthermore, Canseco named some of his former teammates who used the drugs with him and identified them as Jason Giambi, Mark McGwire, Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, and Rafael Palmeiro.

Over the course of his 17 seasons in the MLB, Jose Canseco played with seven different ballclubs, earned six All-Star nods, and was twice an MLB home run leader. He finished his career with a .266 batting average, 462 home runs, and 1,407 RBIs.

Jose Canseco advocated baseball youths not to indulge in using PEDs

Back in 2010, in an exclusive interview with ESPN.com's investigative reporter Mike Fish, Jose Canseco advocated against the use of PEDs among baseball youths, as he said:

"These kids don't need steroids to become players. We overemphasize the steroids and not the athletic ability and skills of these people. We're taking away the hard work the athlete puts in and saying he became great just because of steroids."

Canseco, now 60, still continues to make a case for himself and hopes for fairer treatment by the league. He still claims that there are many others like him, and some were protected while others were unfairly targeted.