ESPN is evil! They are so evil! I saw how they broke the news on E:60 some program they had. I kind of felt sorry for Miggy. I mean yeah, he lied and it was his fault, but they brought him in to do a harmless interview and he ended up getting upset and pulling his mic off and leaving. Was pretty cheap.

all his paper work, which ESPN was apparently able to obtain and none of his former employers were, seems to have the right date.

Isn’t looking at all the paperwork before hiring someone the direct definintion of “due diligence”?

J.J. Ortiz’s blog at chron.com has an interesting reaction from Charles Barkley:

Charles Barkley saw the interview where, in his opinion, Miguel Tejada was “ambushed by ESPN” on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park.

“I thought what they did to Miguel Tejada was one of the most Bush League things I’ve ever seen,” he said on Dan Patrick’s radio show today.
Sir. Charles being Sir Charles, he noted he wouldn’t have been as nice as Tejada, who showed his anger by just walking out of the interview.

“I would have slapped the hell out of that guy,” Barkely said on Dan Patrick’s radio show.

He also said on the show: “To sit a guy down for an interview for something else and to ambush him like that, that pisses me off.”

If the Astros aren’t upset about the age misrepresentation, I don’t see the big deal. The employer is the only person who can claim any direct harm from this, and if they don’t think it has been harmful to them…who cares?