Doing It For The Kids

An All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium with no Yankee starters?

Crookednose posted 5/1/2008 from wickedgoodsports.com

The last time Jeter didn’t get elected to start was 2005, when Miguel Tejada got the nod during his second year in Baltimore. Tejada is now playing in the National League and has aged like an open bottle of Boone’s Farm wine. So, is there anyone in this year’s field at shortstop who could pull a Tejada ‘05 and keep Jeter from starting? Strangely enough, there is: Edgar Renteria, Boston’s former SS

Tejada promises sick child a HR, delivers in win

The Hardball Times found this 5/3/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

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Tejada goes long way to keep promise

SportsFilter found this 5/3/2008 on mlb.mlb.com

Miguel Tejada promised young Jacob Scott he would hit a home run for him that night, and it came through with a home run off Milwaukee's Carlos Villanueva in Houston's 7-4 victory at Minute Maid Park.

False Identification a Fairly Common Thing

Dave Rouleau posted 5/4/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

False identities by players in Latin America and elsewhere has made the headlines in recent weeks with a player like Miguel Tejada making the headlines.

ESPN Insists You Watch Them Torture Miguel Tejada [Old, Old Men]

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 5/5/2008 on deadspin.com

Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, ESPN's E:60 unleashes its orchestrated ambush of Miguel Tejada in all of its uncomfortable, Schapp'd-up glory. They couldn't sit on the story long enough because, well, a 33-year-old man posing as a 31-year-old is something ...