Earlier today, Astros Shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged lying to congress about the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball.
According to the Washington Post, the maximum sentence of a year. However, the article also stated that the more likely sentence could range from probation to six months in jail. Tejada is expected to plea guilty tomorrow.
Oddly, Tejada is not being charged about his own steroid use, but lying of his testimony involving former teammate Adam Piatt.
There will be a lot of questions here involving the Astros. How will they respond if Tejada does get jail time?
Also, how does the Astros handle this from a public relations standpoint? Personally, I always loved the Astros because they historically always had “good men” playing on this team.
It was easy rooting for Clemens, Pettitte, and Caminiti. We traded for one of the best players in the American League, and only to learn that he did steroids as well.
Sadly, the Steroid Specter is still haunting Jeff Bagwell. The Houston Astros seems neck deep in the steroid crap.
Can we and should we root for “the good guys” as the Astros ads keep saying?
Here is Alyson Footer’s article on the Astros Website.
Tejada Charged with Lying to Congress
Earlier today, Astros Shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged lying to congress about the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball.
According to the Washington Post, the maximum sentence of a year. However, the article also stated that the more likely sentence could range from probation to six months in jail. Tejada is expected to plea guilty tomorrow.
Oddly, Tejada is not being charged about his own steroid use, but lying of his testimony involving former teammate Adam Piatt.
There will be a lot of questions here involving the Astros. How will they respond if Tejada does get jail time?
Also, how does the Astros handle this from a public relations standpoint? Personally, I always loved the Astros because they historically always had “good men” playing on this team.
It was easy rooting for Clemens, Pettitte, and Caminiti. We traded for one of the best players in the American League, and only to learn that he did steroids as well.
Sadly, the Steroid Specter is still haunting Jeff Bagwell. The Houston Astros seems neck deep in the steroid crap.
Can we and should we root for “the good guys” as the Astros ads keep saying?
Here is Alyson Footer’s article on the Astros Website.