Can we fire Ed Wade and Cecil Cooper in one day? Appoint Brad Ausmus as player/coach and go without a GM.
Yeah, it's all Ed Wade's fault. If only they had kept exactly the same team from last year, and not added that Tejada guy. That's the winning ticket!
There is ample precedent. Hakeem and Deke were no doubt 2-3 years older than their published age. Yi is probably 3 years older than his alleged age. Danny Almonte shaved a couple years off his birth certificate to play in the little league WS. Quite a few women are 29 or 39 and holding. So 2-3 years is about the average fudge factor. LeBron is probably the worst offender - I'm guessing he's 30.
they just showed part of the "interview" from e:60 on sportscenter....wow tejada got pissed and walked away it was bad....they confronted him with his birth certificate....another instance in which espn shows their hate for houston area sports....not saying they shouldnt have broken the story...but to do it like that....wow....just wow
Tejada takes the high road By John Ryan Mercury News Miguel Tejada made the best of a bad situation Thursday. The same can't be said for ESPN. Tejada told the Houston Astros he is 33 years old, not 31, revealing a discrepancy that has existed since he signed with the A's in 1993 in the Dominican Republic. "I was a poor kid," Tejada told reporters. "I wanted to sign a professional contract, and that was the only way to do it. I didn't want or mean to do anything wrong. At the time, I was two years older than they thought." He added that a local coach told him to say he was 17, not 19. (Juan Marichal signed him, but Tejada said Marichal had nothing to do with the ruse.) The matter came to light because of an ambush interview Tuesday by ESPN's "E:60," which purports to be like "60 Minutes" but looks more like "Inside Edition." Reporter Tom Farrey sat down with Tejada on Tuesday and - with cameras rolling - surprised him with a copy of his birth certificate. ESPN gleefully posted the video of that exchange, which ended with Tejada taking off his microphone and walking out of the interview. The network says it will be part of Tuesday's episode. The context is unclear - but the context doesn't matter. ESPN, in getting Tejada to agree to a sit-down, somehow left out the part about the sole reason for the interview. Nonetheless, it's a non-issue for the Astros. "We told Miguel we were going to go ahead and make the appropriate changes and all the information was put forward," General Manager Ed Wade said. "But the fact of the matter is he's playing like he was 25." http://www.mercurynews.com/morningbuzz/ci_8969638
I'm convinced that ESPN and most of the national media hates Tejada. From the day the trade was made, they continuously noted how he was falling off and was not a deserving big name player anymore. This was just a really low class thing for the producer and reporter to do. I don't really care, he's managed to become my favorite current Astro already. I hope we manage to lock him down for the rest of his career (given that he'll accept a sensible contract.)
Oh please. If this was ESPN busting Roger Clemens in an interview with proof he had done steroids you'd all be in favor it.
I just left my comment over there. Come and bring your grain of salt boys. http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3351771
The video from the interview: http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/2...ada-admits-hes-33-though-his-bio-says-hes-31/
You should appreciate what ESPN did then. When it comes time to possibly extend Tejada, the Astros will benefit a lot in 2009 knowing that he's 35 and not 33.
They could have reported the piece and shown us all his birth certificate without the whole interview-on-false-pretenses nonsense. Tejada lied, and liars suck--but that doesn't make what ESPN did credible "journalism". It was bush league. The investigation was fine, wanting to report the information was fine, but lying to Tejada about the nature of the interview, and springing that on him like some kind of subpoenaed (sp?) soon-to-be-convicted criminal in the stand on trial was *not*. Bush.
