"I don't want to go anywhere to play third if they have nobody else to play third base because it's a position that I've never played," he said. "I want to play shortstop because that's the position that I've always played. I don't want to be [at shortstop] all year and then play third base. It's not an easy position. I don't want to disappoint myself. If I go play for somewhere else, I'll try. . . . If I need to make the move I'll make it [but] I can still play short."
"I'm not trying to leave from here," Tejada said before Baltimore's 13-11 loss to the Chicago White Sox. "They're trying to make me leave. It's the team, not me. I don't have control of that. The manager and I don't know who, they want to take me out of here. But I don't want to push to get out of here because that's not what I'm thinking."
The Astros don't appear to be a good fit but have told the Orioles they are willing to go to "extremes" to obtain Tejada. But the Astros also seem to be pursuing the Washington Nationals' Alfonso Soriano, sources have told The Washington Post.
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