The NEW YORK TIMES reports that Jose Canseco allegedly tried to get Magglio Ordonez to invest in a film project he was promoting in exchange for not being mentioned in his next book about steroids in baseball.

Excerpt: “Four people in baseball confirmed that referrals were made from Major League Baseball to the F.B.I. regarding Canseco’s actions relating to the six-time All-Star outfielder Magglio Ordóñez.”

Not surprisingly, Ordonez isn’t too enthusiastic about pressing charges, because his name would then come out in association with Canseco. And we all know what that means.

As an aside, we saw Canseco on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach Saturday afternoon. He was wearing what looked to be blue contacts in his eyes, a black shirt with no sleeves, and his arms appeared to be oiled up. He was accompanied by a surgically-enhanced female (we think) who must’ve been 6-foot-2. It was a good look all around.