Miguel Tejada, You just got Punkd!

Don't Worry, the boys at I Remember Dome-Dogs actually have an intelligent word or two to say about Miguel Tejada's rapid aging:

Having a hot Latina Pop-star for a Wife: Totally Sweet

Winning the 2004 Home-Run Derby: Who isn't Jealous?

Winning the 2002 AL MVP: Not to Shabby

Getting totally humiliated on national TV: PRICELESS.

So not only does Miguel Tejada get traded for a day before he appears in the Mitchell Report, he now gets busted for lying to get a contract. While he certainly tread some morally gray waters, I can't say I don't blame the man for doing what he had to do to get into the MLB. In fact, I don't even care that he lied, Billy Beane and co. should've done some better homework, I mean if some jerk-off at E60 can do it, you'd assume they could've too.

The thing that totally chaps my ass about the whole ordeal is this: How often when the Mitchell Report came up did you see Roger Clemens and Andy Petite wearing Astros' uniforms on ESPN? I can recall Roger being in the Astros' uniform on the front page of ESPN.com with some sort of tawdry steroid headline right above it. I mean for guys who spent three years with an organization when their careers have spanned a decade and decade plus respectively, was that necessary? Did the E60 guy have to sit down with Miggy in his Astros uniform and bait him into making an ass of himself? Why didn't they try to do this when he was Baltimore, when get got his contract or after he got implicated by Palmerio? Everyone knows the huge East Coast sport's bias that fuels ESPN, but really was pulling this stunt with Miguel Tejada or the afformentioned unnecessary linkage of steriod-Roger with the Astros? As much as I love sports and baseball especially, network television kind of ruins it (however, FSN or RSN type networks' coverage of sporting events is actually a HELL of a lot better than ESPN, FOX, TNT, etc) To quote the brilliant Steve Goldmen:

ESPN’s brass has lost all faith in sports as drama. This I don’t get, but it appears to be the case. The addition of music-video editing patterns, bad pseudo-metal soundtracks, and visual augmentation of highlights, and the cringe-worthy hip banter between anchors slightly too old to really be using urban lingo has made SportsCenter a test of endurance, not a destination on the dial...like MTV before it, ESPN seems to be convinced that the hype around the core of the offering is of more utility than the core offering itself. I mean, who the hell came up with “Who’s Now?”, and why weren’t they summarily beaten with a big-ass sack of oranges? And why didn’t one of the “talent” speak up and say “You must be joking, right? I’m not doing that crap.” If, before, anyone had even grudging respect for Stuart Scott and all the unindicted co-conspirators who served on the panels, I hope you’ve had the good sense to write them off as the empty and fungible vessels they are. Admit it—it’d be pretty cool to have the anchors off-camera, doing a voice over of what comes up on the teleprompter, and have a turnip, motionless, on the anchor desk. Would the viewer experience be worse? What percentage of the audience would comment that Scott Van Pelt “looks a little jaundiced this evening”?

Simply summed, while Miguel Tejada's age certainly might factor into his baseball-ability, it doesn't seem to this year so far and it's hard to blame the man for lying to get out of extreme poverty when MLB's millions came knockin' at his door. What we should all be disgusted with is ESPN's inability to do anything besides come up with this kind of "To Catch a Predator" rip off.

JuTMSY4Legend

570 days ago

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The astros portion of your rant is total BS...as far as houston goes, any exposure is good exposure...

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Niteowl049AAA-er

570 days ago

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At least if Clemens or Tejada don't get into the Hall of Fame they won't have the pressure of deciding what cap to wear into the Hall of Fame.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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So, do you think he still gets the contract if he admits steriods or lying about his age before he signs it? I mean, seriously.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

567 days ago

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E60 should be removed from the airwaves immediately. What a joke! Digging up professional athlete's birth certificates? They probably went and looked for every Latin American ballplayers info until they found something. Someone needs to be FIRED! I will NEVER watch E60 after seeing this!

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

491 days ago

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Mid way in 11 season he reached this milestones

1800 hit Already got 350 doubles already got 1 run from 1000 runs will also get by end of year he will have 1100 RBIs already has 1000 turned double plays

265HR 8x 20hrs which 4 of 8 were for 30+hrs

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

491 days ago

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You also left out

289 LT AVG but 2nd half of career hes going for 5th 300+ avg yr 1 yr in oakland 300 avg in balt 3 of 4 mised 5th with busted hand he fell 296 last yr.

Of the 1800 hit, 3X 200 HITS PLUS HIGHS OF 199 AND 177

AL MVP 1 TIME as SS in OAKLAND

4X ALL Star in only start he won MVP with Hr.

HR DERBY winner

350 doubles yes but 8x30+ highs of 37,40,42,50 or with 20 this yr so far thats 10x 20 doubles

268hrs 8x20 hrs 4 of 8 yrs 30+

he had 1000 turned double plays in just 10 yrs not 11 yrs avg 100a yr

1076 RBI 6 x100 RBI+ other highs 85 98 81

After MVP yr gos to Balt and get the highest RBI total by a shortstop in 55 yrs 150+

4 X TIME .300+ AVG 2X SILVER SLUGER HE DID TURN 1000 DOUBLE PLAYS IN 10 SEASON NOT 11. Mr BANKS has HIT the most hr while just playing SS 277 Before going to another spot at 268 Miggy will need 9 more to get the recored for most hrs hit at SS while playing .

By the time hes done he will have 2400 hits 450 doubles 325+ Hrs 1400 RBIs 1350 doubles plays

5th longest played games streak 1100+ games in a row.

277 I just saw list for most hrs while just playing SS before a move is 277 at short he has 265 3 of 268 were DH 12 more.

no fail test or even proof worth going after Miggy one of the bigger names.

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