Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Miguel Tejada's Big Day
For those of you who don't know already, that title is sarcasm.
Miguel Tejada had the sort of day that makes me want to vomit. He went 0-3. All three times up there were runners in scoring position. In the first inning he hit into a double play and followed that up with strike outs the next two plate appearances.
So that is three times up and four outs he created.
He is a dead weight in the middle of the order. Why is he playing so badly?
It just seems like there is something going on inside his head that deals with something much larger than baseball. Tejada has spent his career being so solid and unflappable, however, since the all-star break last season he has been anything but solid. He has been downright weak.
For the O's to have any shot at competing in the AL East he must be the Tejada of old, but after a full spring and a stint at the World Baseball Classic it just doesn't look like vintage Tejada will be available.
Sam Perlozzo better figure something out very quickly or his star may suffer the worst season of his career leaving the Orioles with possibly their worst (could it get any worse?) season yet.
Miguel Tejada had the sort of day that makes me want to vomit. He went 0-3. All three times up there were runners in scoring position. In the first inning he hit into a double play and followed that up with strike outs the next two plate appearances.
So that is three times up and four outs he created.
He is a dead weight in the middle of the order. Why is he playing so badly?
It just seems like there is something going on inside his head that deals with something much larger than baseball. Tejada has spent his career being so solid and unflappable, however, since the all-star break last season he has been anything but solid. He has been downright weak.
For the O's to have any shot at competing in the AL East he must be the Tejada of old, but after a full spring and a stint at the World Baseball Classic it just doesn't look like vintage Tejada will be available.
Sam Perlozzo better figure something out very quickly or his star may suffer the worst season of his career leaving the Orioles with possibly their worst (could it get any worse?) season yet.
