If you haven’t heard, more allegations have been brought forward against several current and former baseball players. The characters haven’t changed much, but the story, pardon the pun, has become “juicier.”

The newest chapter of the controversy is ridiculous. The two leading the charge in the most recent wave of allegations are Barry Bonds’ ex mistress’ Kimberly Bell, as well as Jose Canseco.

Bell claimed on “The Geraldo Rivera Show” that Bonds used steroids during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. If Geraldo is involved, you know it must be a big story.

Wow, this news was just shocking. Bell is, like, the 1,246th person who has claimed Bonds’ growth was not natural. Maybe the fact his head was the size of Aaron Agnew gave it away.

To my disappointment, this wasn’t the end of the steroid story. Canseco published a book that hit shelves on Monday, with a few more tales of unnatural development by some of baseball’s finest. The most substantial of his assertions was that he and Mark McGwire “injected each other in the buttocks in the bathroom of their clubhouse.”

When I first read this, I couldn’t help but laugh. Just imagining these two “Bash Brothers” shooting up together was too much for me. Do you think they asked Rickey Henderson or Tony LaRussa if they wanted to participate?

Canseco also alleges he introduced several Texas Rangers to steroids and players such as Sammy Sosa, Jason Giambi and Bret Boone were also juicing.

The problem is that it is very difficult to take Canseco seriously. As one of my friends put it, “He is about as credible as Baghdad Bob.” His allegations may very well be true, but he comes off as sensationalistic and money hungry. In 2001, Canseco was sentenced to two years of house arrest for participating in a nightclub brawl, his eighth arrest. While under house arrest, Jose held an auction with the prize being, “Spending a day with Jose Canseco at his home in Miami.”

The highest bid was reportedly $30,000 from a guy named Joe Blow. Canseco also has been known to charge hundreds of dollars for his autograph. But who would even want his autograph?

So what does an ex MVP do when he is short on cash? Well, he does what any red blooded American on steroids would do: Damage the reputation of quality guys like Rafael Palmeiro to make a buck. The sad thing is he very well could use the profit from his book to buy more steroids.

The steroid issue is a large enough problem for baseball. It doesn’t need people like Canseco writing books about it. Even if he is 100 percent accurate, it doesn’t help solve the problem or do anything at all to stop the speculation of steroid use. It just adds more names to baseball’s version of a witch hunt. I wish Canseco would go away for a while and stay under his house arrest. Maybe he can take Bonds’ ex mistress and Geraldo with him.