Jose Canseco tweets photo after gun accident: 'Hope I can keep my finger'

After accidentally shooting off his own finger Tuesday while cleaning his gun, Jose Canseco was well enough Wednesday to return to Twitter. Canseco, the former MLB slugger whose post-baseball life has been something of a sideshow, tweeted a photo of himself, his huge cast and his fiancée, Leila Knight.

Canseco, 50, reiterated what TMZ Sports reported after the shooting — he's hoping to keep his middle finger after surgeons in Las Vegas worked to reattach it Tuesday night.

While Canseco hasn't played in MLB since 2011, he's still made use of his hands on a baseball field in recent years. He went on a summer tour a couple months back, trying to break the record for the longest baseball and softball home runs. Last year, he spent a week as a player/coach for the United Baseball League team in Fort Worth.

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