Miguel Tejada? The guy who is so friggin' stupid that he paid for his steroids with a signed personal check and then lied about it to the feds later?

Goofy, you say? Ridiculous? Ludicrous? Outlandish?

Yes, yes, yes, and ummm, yes.

With due respect to long-time Astros Oswalt and Berkman, Tejada plays the game more like Biggio and Bagwell.

Is he accusing Biggio and Bagwell of using PEDs?

Is he accusing Biggio and Bagwell of using PEDs?

Lying about their respective ages.

Losing his enthusiasm and demanding a trade when things go wrong?

Who was the last player-manager before Pete Rose?

Going once, going twice...

Going once, going twice...

Gonzo? That can't be right.

Holy crap, why didn't any mention what a GIDP machine Tejada has become? It's like he's channeling the spirit of Jim Rice!

Don Kessinger.

Torre?

Frank Robinson

Common knowledge, no?

Who was the last player-manager before Pete Rose?

Frank Robinson, IIRC

huh...

Frank's last season as a player-manager was 1976, Kessinger's was 1979

From BB REF:

Pete Rose-plyr/mgr: 1984-1986
Don Kessinger-plyr/mgr: 1979
Joe Torre-plyr/mgr: 1977
Frank Robinson-plyr/mgr: 1975-1976
El Tappe-plyr/mgr: 1962
Hank Bauer-plyr/mgr: 1961

I think Srul cheated and looked it up. ;) Nawrocki ftw!

Yes the time has come for Bailey to go back on his meds.

I am of the opinion that Greg Maddux could have been a plyr/mgr/Pitching Coach. It would have saved a ton of money too.

tejada plays the game like The Sainted Biggio/Bagwell?

what a crock of shtt

youse guys want to know how jim rice suddenly got "feared" after 15 years of being a bad tempered GIDP greedy ballplayer with 2 high RBI years? well, people change the stories.

bagwell and biggio ran two, probably three managers off all by their lonesome, didn't back their teammates in public and insisted that all ballplayers act colorless and unenthusiastic on the field - only then it was called "professionalism"

bagwell was a great fielder, an outstanding baserunner and, unlike tejada, wasn't going to insist on swinging at pitches not in the strike zone. he struck out more, but he made a lot fewer outs because he didn't think walk was a dirty word. and until he was (unfortunately) put in the OF, biggio was an awesome fielder. his insisting at swinging at outside sliders in the dirt really was only prominent in the last 4 years of his career. neither one of em is anything like tejada and most certainly, neither one of em has even a shred of his happy, enthusiastic personality

having him "manage" would be an interesting gimmick - he couldn't be worse than cooper and at least all the other ballplayers don't hate him. he would never take himself out of the lineup although he's fading very badly and SHOULD be rested. but veteran goodness ROLLZ in coop's mind and he doesn't want to rest either tejada or kaz matsui (who wasn't supposed to be playing more than 5 games a week if he wasn't on the DL)

- as for miggy being a GDIP machine, i promise you i talk about his GIDPs, and all the other astros GIDPs a LOT. we have a good shot at breaking the As 2007 record, i think, as long as we don't sit miggy and cooper keeps telling pence to pull everything so he keeps hitting grounders to short

Miguel Tejada? The guy who is so friggin' stupid that he paid for his steroids with a signed personal check and then lied about it to the feds later?

Like everything you post on the subject, wrong as usual. Tejada lied about Adam Piatt using steroids.

Everyone who remembers Kessinger as player/manager would prefer to forget....including, likely, Kessinger himself. I never saw the guy look happy in the job.