SF Examiner: Miguel Tejada is much more than the San Francisco Giants' 'new guy'

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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

He was the kid so poor he was forced to use cardboard for a baseball glove. Miguel Tejada excelled because he needed to excel. The other option was a life of struggle.

So if along the way, Tejada may have played loose with the truth as well as playing some brilliant baseball, well, that could be understood, if not approved.

Read the full story here.

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