I just found out right now,
(Tejada said he talked less lately because of the losing.) I`ve been quiet the last couple of days so I could give the guys a rest, ... I`ve been real loud throughout the season but the club has been losing. Today I said I was back.
I couldn`t concentrate on the game. The only thing I could think about was what had happened to him. He`s the last guy you want to see that happen to. He`s worked so hard.
For me, I think God is the one that decides if I have to take a day off, ... Right now, I feel fine and I`m going to keep playing every day.
It was really special for me because (on the night of Ripken`s 2,131st game), I was in my first year in the United States and I was just watching the television, ... At the time, I really didn`t understand English, so I didn`t know what he did. But the chance to catch the first pitch, that makes me really proud.
It doesn`t bother me because I`m not guilty. I`ve done nothing wrong. I just gave him B-12, and B-12 is legal. You don`t get caught for B-12.
Right now I`m in shock. I`ve never given anybody steroids before. I`ve been checked out three times already, and I`m clean. I`ve been clean all my life.
Right now I`m in shock.
a long time ago.
I saw in his eyes that he`s really confident, ... That`s what we need from him. He has the talent to win games, even when he is not feeling good. He`s got the talent to be better than (Zito, Mulder and Hudson) because he has the fastball they don`t have. He throws 100 mph. So all he has to do is get the location.