You know the world is turning to shit when a retired baseball star can (relatively eloquently) explain the sheer folly of negative interest rates.

In a torrent of tweets, the Cuban-American "Bash Brother" started to rage after BoJ's NIRP decision...

Negative interest rates in Japan is blowing my mind — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 4, 2016

Then questioned their sanity...

Who is advising Japan? Forcing banks to lend all ¥ will not get 2% inflation. It creates loanees market with even lower rates. Dumb move — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 4, 2016

Bank of Japan should call them willie wonka bonds "YOU GET NOTHING. yOU LOSE!" — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 4, 2016

Nothing indeed...

And always interested in sensationalism, Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal had "value" explained to him by the former baseball star...

Ironic that his tell-all book was called "Juiced" in an age of "Wild Times" in geopolitcs, monetary policy on "'Roids," and "How Central Bankers Got Big."