Peter Gammons last night named Miguel Tejada the best player in baseball. He didn't mention Death to Flying Things, but it seems interesting this pronouncement came just a couple days after our noting Tejada doesn't seem to get the attention he deserves.
Imagine if Tejada played for the Yankees? They wouldn't be putting his face on quarters, like they've done with A-Rod and Jeter, he'd be on 10s and 20s.
In a recent column Gammons quoted Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley as saying, "I played with Pete Rose and coached Kirby Puckett and Miggy is just like them. He is the best player in the game, hands-down. Like Rose and Puckett, he puts it out there every day, and they are those rare players off whom teammates feed. You can crunch every number you want, you can't put a premium on the energy one player can bring to an entire team. This franchise changed the day he arrived."
Adds a Red Sox official: "We watched him from the stands during BP. And we could not believe his energy, his enthusiasm, and how teammates feed off him. He is special."
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