Marty Lurie Talks San Francisco Giants Baseball
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Enjoy Miguel Tejada now.


Enjoy Miguel Tejada today, because

there is a change after 2003 he will

be Adios !Everybody knows that the Oakland

Athletics of today were built on great

starting pitching.

But can the A’S afford to be loosing

quality players every couple of years?

Players like Jason Giambi, Miguel

Tejada…and still be competitive?

So far this season the A’S have survived

without Jason at first base but to loose

a Miguel Tejada would be a tough

thing for A’S fans to swallow. Unless,

the A’S have a phenon in the wings

at shortop down in the farm.

Dagoberto (Campy) Campaneris was

the greatest shortstop the Oakland A’S

ever had. Campy could hit leadoff with

the best, bunt, steal bases, make great

plays in the hole. But Campy could not

hit between 30-40 homeruns and drive

over 100 runs each year Loosing a Tejada

type of player (statistics wise) could be

tough and would leave the A’S with

Eric Chavez to do all the power work..

Miguel Tejada’s contract with the A’S

expires a the end of the 2003 season.

And I confess in this uncertain world

we live in, where the stock market goes

up-and-down, like those beach balls

at Dodger Stadium in a world

changed forever since that September

11, 2001, nothing is a sure thing

anymore. And then, there is a good

possiblity that we will have another

work stoppage in baseball sometime

late this summer or early fall.

All these factors and others (other

teams) could figure big in Miguel’s

future in Oakland.

Let us enjoy Miguel Tejada today, but

also recognize that he is one of the

very best at his position. He is a powerful

hitter and a very good fielder. There are

not too many of those playing shortstop

in the National League. How much would

the Cubs give for a Miguel Tejada ?

How about (at least) $10 million a year

for something like 10 years… He knows

it, his agent is on top of this and the

A’S fans could be just watching another

Jason Giambi situation in the making.

If the A’S win the World Series this season

then all bets are off. But If this team, wins

over 100 games again and make it to the

playoffs, but falls short of the Fall Classic

again, I think 2003 might be the last

year for the great Dominican shortstop

in Oakland.

The A’S management tells everybody they

are making money, that they are not

loosing money. The A’S biggest obstacle

is Commissioner Bud Selig who believes

the A’S should be a team that qualifies for

contraction. He doesn’t say that to the Media,

but we all know that deep down inside that

is what he wants.

So, give Miguel Tejada a $100 million contract for life and then worry. I know,

I know, in a perfect world the A’S would

build their own park and stay in Oakland, but in a perfect world the City of Oakland also

deserves much better leadership in

City Hall.

Are the A’S waiting to see If they can build

a park first, to then sign a guy like Tejada?

I hope not. But remember how good

he was when in a couple of years he visits

the Bay Area wearing a Cubs uniform.

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Amaury Pi-González is on his eight year as the Spanish Radil Play by Play Announcer

for the San Francisco Giants over KZSF

1370 AM Radio “La Caliente”. During off

season with LBC (Cadena Latina Net)as

well as Fox Sports for Postseason and

Caribbean World Series.

Amaury’s columns also appear on

www.latinobaseball.com.

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