In my opinion, Miguel Tejada is at least 50 percent responsible for the O's recent struggles. He has consistently made errors at crucial points of games. If I see him make another error when the O's are up by 1 in the late innings and there's runners on 2nd and 3rd, I'm going to drive the 20 minutes to Camden Yards. Someone needs to tell Dave Trembley that Tejada needs a late-inning defensive replacement. Oh, wait. They traded him (Chris Gomez) for nothing in return. Way to go, Birds!
Tejada also has a poor attitude. Not that he doesn't care. I'm over the fact that he doesn't run out ground balls or is always forgetting how many outs there are in the inning. He's just mopey. It's rubbed off on Melvin Mora. I'll never forget Mora complaining that he was given a day off and he wasn't notified ahead of time. Hey, Melvin, 2003 is over. You are not an all-star anymore. Yes, you have two all-star games under your belt. However, it is a rule that every team must be represented. If you want to cite your two all-star games as reason for special treatment, keep that fact in mind. You haven't had an all-star caliber season in a few years and I think you're washed up. But I don't blame you for thinking you're better than everyone. I blame Miggy.
Jay Gibbons. You're unbelievable. You were .207 with 3 home runs and were complaining about playing time. Again, this is Miguel's fault.
Apparently, a few players on the Orioles were upset when they were told by Trembley that they would have to take infield prior to every game. Guess who led the complaining? Yeah, you guessed it. Miguel. The guy who can't remember how many outs there are in the field or on the bases.
There was an article in the Sun a few weeks ago about how much things are different under Trembley. One of the main points of the article, besides the infield practice, was team stretching. Trembley stresses that the O's are a team and needed to do things together. Apparently, this really upset Tejada and Trembley had to sit down with him and explain that he wasn't above the team.
Miggy, pack your sh*t.
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