QUOTEBOOK
‘This is like if you go to war. You have
to leave your family and you don’t know if you’re going to come
back or if you’re going to die.
I’m going to go to the Dominican [Republic] and I don’t know if I’ll come back to Oakland next
year and see the family.’
Miguel Tejada, Oakland Athletic shortstop, who is eligible for free agency
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