LAS VEGAS -- Jose Canseco warmed up for the start of spring training with some mammoth shots Sunday to beat Rafael Palmeiro in the finals of the 2000 Big League Challenge home run hitting contest.

Canseco, 28, wrote on her Instagram post ... also participated and gushed that Jose's daughter was the "hottest softball player ever." Awkwardly, her ex-boyfriend, former Heisman Trophy winner ...