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
beat face randy tough
When you face Randy Johnson, you always have a tough day. He can beat you with any pitch. He's tough.
beat face lucky randy today
Today is my lucky day. When you face Randy Johnson, you have to be ready. He's so good. He can beat you with any pitch, like today.
beat face good hard johnson randy
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.
buy clothes league major tried
We would go out to eat, and I would never pay. They would buy me clothes. They tried to show me the major league way. I try to do the same thing for young players.
good invested money opportunity places prospects signing teams
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.
easy games great playing
I don't think about streaks. I mean, it's great to be playing so many games when I play the way I play. I'm really proud. It's not easy to do.
believe came games nervous people watching
We just do it for our country. Now we play for our country. We know there are a lot of people just watching the games and a lot of people believe in us. That's why we just came up and we were a little nervous. We're nervous just because we want to do something for our country.
best change direction gone
I have been with the Orioles for two years and things haven't gone in the direction that we were expecting. So I think the best thing will be a change of scenery.
clean
because we have to clean up this sport.
anybody checked clean given steroids three
Right now I'm in shock. I've never given anybody steroids before. I've been checked out three times already, and I'm clean. I've been clean all my life.
bother caught gave
It doesn't bother me because I'm not guilty. I've done nothing wrong. I just gave him B-12, and B-12 is legal. You don't get caught for B-12.
energy last struggled three year
I think he has a lot of energy and a lot of talent. He struggled last year but I think he could come back and play two or three more years.
ball threw throw
That was my bad. I didn't think Byrnes was going to throw the ball to me. I thought he was going to throw home. I just threw the ball late.
community friend good help home mine second teammate venezuela
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.