Not only did Miguel Tejada lie about his age, he’s managed to get his ass arrested for lying about steroids. Bam and BAM!
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As far as I can tell, Tejada lied about knowing nothing regarding steroid use. This seems somewhat ridiculous — You either just shut-your-yap and don’t say a damn thing or you say “Yes, I know people who used roids but I’m not a snitch — snitches get stitches, bi-otch”.
Tejada “unlawfully withheld pertinent information from the committee because defendant Tejada, before and during his interview with the committee staff, then and there well knew that player #1, one of his teammates on the Oakland Athletics, had used steroids and HGH,” the papers state.
In fact, prosecutors charge, during spring training in 2003, Tejada had purchased a substance believed to be HGH from the player. –AP
Tejada was scheduled to hit 5th in a half-decent Astro’s line-up this year, which would have served his stats well. Carlos Lee is healthy, and Berkman can rake — goodtimes.
Now, it really looks like Miguel Tejada could miss opening day and possibly a few months. This drops Tejada into fantasy obscurity.
Buyer Beware.
