A day after announcing his retirement from baseball, Jose Canseco told ESPN Radio's Dan Patrick on Tuesday that he plans to write a tell-all book that will "name names" about Major League Baseball regarding women, steroid use and more.

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Canseco did not say whether or not he took steroids. He did acknowledge, however, that it's fair to say that steroids revolutionized baseball during his era.

Hampered by injuries in recent years, the former American League MVP retired 38 homers shy of the 500 mark he'd hoped to reach to bolster his Hall of Fame chances. He believes he was blackballed and wouldn't get another chance at playing in the major leagues.

"I didn't want to believe it until I heard it from a few friends of mine, like Alex Rodriguez and Alex Fernandez," Canseco told Patrick. "And basically, I realized that probably I'll be stuck in Triple-A forever. Realized that I am a divorced father with a 5-year-old that I haven't seen for three months. That I need to be a father. I definitely knew that my daughter needed a father more than I needed the situation I was in at Triple-A baseball, so I decided to call it quits."

The 37-year-old Canseco finished 22nd on the career list with 462 home runs. He was the first to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in a season, and he's one of only nine players in history with 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases.

"I know he wanted to get to 500 home runs, but that's not important. He should still be proud of himself," Mets catcher Mike Piazza said. "He really did a lot to further the game and raise the bar for all the players today."

A career .266 hitter, he finishes with 1,407 RBI and 200 stolen bases in 1,887 games with Oakland, Texas, Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay, the New York Yankees and the White Sox.

His numbers would be even more gaudy if not for the injuries. Canseco spent time on the disabled list in seven of his last 10 seasons, mostly with back problems.

Most recently, he'd been playing at Triple-A Charlotte. He was hitting .172 with five home runs and nine RBI in 18 games.