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
I have to (play) not only for me but for my family.
anybody beat killer today
He's so good, he can beat you with any pitch. He didn't play around with anybody today and had that killer instinct.
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.
problem symbol
He and I were fine. I'm never going to have a problem with Sosa. As a Dominican, he's a symbol of our baseball.
bad hurt themselves
I don't want to say anything bad that can hurt my teammates, but look at Toronto, they have strengthened themselves and we haven't done anything.
hang
I don't want to hang around doing nothing at home.
guy happened last worked
I couldn't concentrate on the game. The only thing I could think about was what had happened to him. He's the last guy you want to see that happen to. He's worked so hard.
played
It's unbelievable what he did. I don't think I can do it. I mean, I've played in a lot of games, and I'm not even close.
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.
bigger caribbean traffic watch
It's already bigger (than the Caribbean World Series). It's going to be for the fans. I think there's going to be no traffic in the Dominican (today) because everybody's going to watch this game.
baseball careless hard key league major playing season winter
The key to playing the whole major league season and then playing winter baseball is working out hard and not being careless for a second.
team thinking years
Of course I think a 10-year investment would be in a team's best interest. Look at Cal Ripken Jr., that guy was around until he was like 40... Not that I'm going to be in my 40s at the end of the 10-year deal or anything.