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the wayward O is sad to say goodbye to a great player. we'll have to re-name section 80 at camden yards because "miguel tejada home run land" is no longer applicable.
"i don't think it's ever easy to trade away a player of miguel's stature," said a stern andy macphail during a telephone press conference wednesday afternoon.
tejada will never win any awards for being close to the vest, shrewd or patient. but he brought energy, hope, that unmistakable whipsaw swing and immense talent to baltimore, taking a gamble on a team many other players wouldn't.
and he got burned. because peter angelos and his band of jokers did not live up to their promise to build a winner around their start short stop.
but now the orioles have macphail calling the shots. and macphail seems to have a vision for what he wants to do.
at the very least, macphail seems to have his starting outfield set up for 2008: luke scott in left, tike redman in center and nick markakis in right.
macphail is close to the vest about the pitchers acquired in the trade. on the conference call he did not promise any of them would be on the 2008 roster. in fact, wayward O sort of got the feeling that some of the might be traded before playing with team.
hopefully the tejada trade will mark a new chapter the history of orioles-astros deals. baltimoreans are, of course, still sore about the glenn davis trade in the 1990 offseason. maybe some of these young 'uns coming here from houston can undo the lingering resentment and become the steve finleys and curt schillings of the future.
the orioles will "control" luke scott for 5 years and the other four players for six years each, macphail noted. the astros added a big bat to their lineup. it's quite an arms race in the NL central.
wayward O spent part of the afternoon trying to think of tejada jokes, but none came to mind. really, it's a sad day here at t.w.O. world HQ.
"i don't think it's ever easy to trade away a player of miguel's stature," said a stern andy macphail during a telephone press conference wednesday afternoon.
tejada will never win any awards for being close to the vest, shrewd or patient. but he brought energy, hope, that unmistakable whipsaw swing and immense talent to baltimore, taking a gamble on a team many other players wouldn't.
and he got burned. because peter angelos and his band of jokers did not live up to their promise to build a winner around their start short stop.
but now the orioles have macphail calling the shots. and macphail seems to have a vision for what he wants to do.
at the very least, macphail seems to have his starting outfield set up for 2008: luke scott in left, tike redman in center and nick markakis in right.
macphail is close to the vest about the pitchers acquired in the trade. on the conference call he did not promise any of them would be on the 2008 roster. in fact, wayward O sort of got the feeling that some of the might be traded before playing with team.
hopefully the tejada trade will mark a new chapter the history of orioles-astros deals. baltimoreans are, of course, still sore about the glenn davis trade in the 1990 offseason. maybe some of these young 'uns coming here from houston can undo the lingering resentment and become the steve finleys and curt schillings of the future.
the orioles will "control" luke scott for 5 years and the other four players for six years each, macphail noted. the astros added a big bat to their lineup. it's quite an arms race in the NL central.
wayward O spent part of the afternoon trying to think of tejada jokes, but none came to mind. really, it's a sad day here at t.w.O. world HQ.
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