Miguel Tejada is apparently going to plead guilty to the charge of lying to congressional STAFFERS about not knowing other ballplayers doing steroids.
NOT because he lied to them about NOT USING them.
One more time – he is being punished for not ratting out his teammates.
This idiotic witch hunt is going from the absurd to the outrageous. Are they going to start Stalin style trials to get ballplayers to “confess” threatening them with federal prison if they refuse to rat out their friends and teammates for USING illegal drugs over 5 years ago, way past the statute of limitations?
And let me point out that harassing and threatening people with federal prison time for failure to rat out their friends for past crimes that can not be prosecuted and pose no danger to the public sets a seriously dangerous precedent.
For example, would any of you want to be hauled in front of a national audience and forced to tell – with the threat of federal prison time – if your close friend committed adultery – a fact that would be released to the press along with the name of the sexual partner for the express purpose of humiliating the persons so exposed?
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If Tejada is in fact sentenced to federal time, as I understand it, his work visa will be revoked. I wonder if Drayton would then have legal grounds for breaking the contract and getting an extra 14 mill to put in his pocket. I wonder if the same holds true if Tejada receives only probation.
We’ll have to see tomorrow – the press conference is at 4.
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I would really REALLY like this stupid witch hunt about who used steroids over 5 years ago to come to a halt. It does nothing but detract from the current game. I’m counting the seconds until ST starts and HOPEFULLY the baying hounds of the media will give it a rest for a while.
Tags: Houston Astros
With any luck he will win over Congress with his sheer exuberance and clubhouse camaraderie.
I miss Adam Everett
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glad i’m not the only one.
but you see, miguel is a VOCAL “leader” and adam was a quiet one – like bagwell/biggio taught him
I miss him too, as well as Carl Everett, the guy we traded for him, someone who gave us his best and stayed out of trouble, unlike everywhere else he went.
Yeah, it’s kind of amazing that he stayed out of trouble in Houston, considering he had trouble before AND after that. But maybe they realized that he was a powderkeg waiting to go off. I have no trouble with them trading him, just as I had no problem with them trading Hampton and Meluskey.
“The Truth” was most likely kept in line by the singular stability of the Bagwell-Biggio clubhouse. With the exception of Meluskey, I can’t remember anyone with that kind of a rep sliding down the bannister with the Astros during their reign. Even Jeff Kent managed to keep his nose clean.
Soon as Biggio’s gone, Ed Wade gets it in the throat. Chacon’s arrival was maybe about three years too late…
i remember reading that carl everett was supposed to be all this trouble/bad guy, but apparently, bagwell and mo alou really liked him. or at least, that was the public appearance.
interesting that when baggy/biggio were running things, everyone crowed how they were SOOOO professional – no emotion, no showboating etc
but when any of the younger guys like ensberg/everett/burke etc acted like baggy/biggio taught them – it was suddenly – oh, they have no emotion. look at pence – he’s acting like a little kid. look at miggy – he’s so emotional out there
baggy/biggio wouldn’t have stood for all that fun having
and yeh, kent kept his nose clean because baggy/bidge/clemens wouldn’t let him harass/torment the young players like he loved to do. he wouldn’t acknowledge they existed, but he wasn’t allowed to make their lives miserable neither
Several years back, before Jeff Kent came to Houston, I had the privilege of a center field seat in the restaurant (not cheap), resting my arm on the fence and enjoying the SF Giants vs. ‘Stros. Kent played 2B for the Giants, and Shinjo was in center. Early in the game, Shinjo almost collided with Kent on a shallow fly, and boy was Kent mad. He turned around and glared at Shinjo several times for the entire rest of the game. Scared me.
Grasping at straws here…
In the morning paper, Paulino says he is back at 100% for once. Has been towing the line all winter with rehab. What are the chances he is a key starter this year?
kent was a grade A jerk from the time he got to MLB.
funny how we always hear the story of kent standing up to barry lamar in the clubhouse when in fact it was barry lamar standing up to kent for harassing david bell
as for paulino, well, hard to believe that with such crappy minor league numbers, such poor control and an entire YEAR of no pitching, that paulino would be a serviceable ML starter this year. like i keep saying, i got NO idea why anyone thinks he’s more than a AAA guy at best.
Thanks. I heard ya before, but was wondering if anything had changed.