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
play body want
I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.
people recognizing
I like people recognizing me.
games play want
I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.
thinking earth feels
I don't think there can be anyone on earth more happy than I am right now. Inside, I feel fulfilled.
three clean given
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.
cubans good major
The Cubans all could be major leaguers, they all could be good major leaguers.
caribbean prelude series
The Caribbean Series is just a prelude of what's to come.
best fit playing
I think the best way to keep fit is playing ball. I don't know how to do anything else and I don't like anything else but baseball.
decides fine god playing
For me, I think God is the one that decides if I have to take a day off, ... Right now, I feel fine and I'm going to keep playing every day.
ball direction side weird
It was a weird hop. I went one side and the ball went in the other direction. I don't like to make excuses. But what can I do? I'm not a superman.
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.
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.
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.
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.