Come Clean Tejada

Miguel Tejada arrived in Houston Atsros camp today and when asked about steroids, he refused to answer. As history will tell us, that is not a good course to take. It is not as bad as lying about it, but silence is not the way to go.

Jason Giambi is the perfect example. If you remember, Giambi was involved in the Balco scandal along with Barry Bonds. Right now, many of you are probably saying, "Oh yeah, he was involved in that."

Does Giambi go through the media circus that Bonds is going through? Is he being charged with perjury? The answer to both off those questions is no.

Why is that?

Because he came clean. He came out with it and confessed and now you never hear anything about him being linked to Balco.

Andy Pettitte has recently done the same thing that Giambi did and I believe that after a year or two, as in Giambi's case, it will be forgotten about. I am in no way condoning the fact that the two of them used performance enhancers, but they took the smart path. They did not lie and in Giambi's case, people have all but forgotten about it.

Now, back to Tejada.

If he does not confront the allegations and the press head on, the steroid accusations will follow him around for the remainder of his career. So the best thing that Tejada can do is take a page out of Giambi and Pettitte's play book and just come clean.