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LIFE'S A BEACH FOR CANSECO.


Byline: Staff and Wire Services

Jose Canseco has traded in the surf to be closer to his turf.

Only one game into his comeback, the former major leaguer lea·guer 1  
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1. A siege.

2. The camp especially of a besieging army.

tr.v. lea·guered, lea·guer·ing, lea·guers Archaic
To besiege; beleaguer.
 requested a trade from the independent Golden Baseball League's San Diego Surf Dawgs The San Diego Surf Dawgs were a Golden Baseball League team based in San Diego, California. They were known for playing in the same city as a Major League Baseball team, the National League's San Diego Padres. Their home stadium is named after former Padres great Tony Gwynn.  because of family obligations. He was dealt Wednesday to the Long Beach Armada An earlier brand name for laptop computers from Compaq. The line was noted for its quality and innovative features.  for Cuban pitcher Yoankis Turino.

Canseco said he requested the trade because his 9-year-old daughter, Josie, will be spending the rest of the summer living with him in Encino and he didn't want ``to drag her around to hotels.''

Canseco, 42, went 0 for 3 and was hit by a pitch Monday, striking out three times.

``Rough is not the word for it,'' Canseco said of his GBL GBL Gamma-Butyrolactone
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 debut. ``I have not played baseball at that caliber in five years.''
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jul 6, 2006
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