Miguel Tejada
Miguel Tejada
Miguel Odalis Tejadais a Dominican professional baseball infielder who is currently with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League. Tejada has played for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 May 1974
CityBani, Dominican Republic
anybody gave good help people
It's not good for anybody because I don't know what people think about me now, ... I didn't do anything wrong. I just gave a B-12 to one of my friends to help him out. I don't give any steroids.
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Randy Johnson from one side, Rivera from the other side. It's hard to face them. The good thing is we got beat by good pitching.
enjoy good heart inside players speak
It's a very good experience. I think the whole world is happy. I think we're all going to enjoy it because it's something that hasn't ever been seen. I'm not inside the heart of the American or the heart of the Japanese, but I know we're all excited. I can't speak for other countries. I can only speak for the players we have here. What I see and what I feel is that the whole world here has harmony.
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We keep getting better and better because we're getting an opportunity to play this game, ... Teams are signing a lot more of the good prospects because they've invested money in places like the Dominican.
baseball good means tournament
For us, this means a lot. We are a baseball country. I think this tournament will show who we are, how good at baseball we really are.
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I'm here because Melvin is a good friend of mine and a teammate of mine. It's a good cause, and anything I can do to help the community here, I will. Venezuela has been like a home to me. It is my second home.
everybody good knew last republic surprised team teams usa wants
I think the whole world is surprised to see that the USA lost. I mean, everybody knew that they had a good team . . . I think the whole world wants to see the USA and the Dominican Republic as the last two teams playing.
cubans good major
The Cubans all could be major leaguers, they all could be good major leaguers.
defense
I know that I can't play defense and I've got to do something for the team, so I do it with my bat.
ball direction pull side took weird
The ball took a weird hop, ... I just went to the side and the ball went in the other direction. I don't like to pull an excuse. What can I do? I'm not a Superman.
best country intensity means pitch playing prove tournament
It was just like the playoffs. Every at bat, every pitch means something. The whole tournament is going to be that way. There is going to be that kind of intensity because you're playing to prove that your country is the best in the world.
baseball games republic venezuela
This is just a hint of what the games between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela will be during the World Baseball Classic.
broken hope hoping manager worried
I'm going to play. I don't have anything broken back there. I'm going to be in the lineup. I hope the manager isn't worried tomorrow, because I'm hoping I'm going to be able to play at 100 percent. I'm going to try.
ballpark forget happened love playing wanting
I just want to be in the lineup every day. I can forget what happened the day before. I love being at the ballpark and love playing the game. It's not about a streak. It's just about me wanting to play.