All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada (mee-GEL' tay-HAH'-dah) has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball. 

All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada (mee-GEL' tay-HAH'-dah) has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball. 

All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada (mee-GEL' tay-HAH'-dah) has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball. 

Houston Astros general manager Ed Wade staunchly defended his starting shortstop Wednesday, just hours after Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty to misleading Congress about performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. 

Dressed in a defendant's dark suit instead of an All-Star's crisp uniform, Miguel Tejada became the first high-profile player convicted of a crime stemming from baseball's steroids era, pleading guilty Wednesday in federal court to misleading Congress abo 

The Astros remained in postseason contention until Sept. 

The Astros remained in postseason contention until Sept. 

The Astros remained in postseason contention until Sept. 

--SS Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to Congressional investigators looking into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. 

--SS Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to Congressional investigators looking into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. 

--SS Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to Congressional investigators looking into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. 

The bullpen promises to be the Astros' strength, perhaps even having enough bodies to help the team land a starter or a backup shortstop via trade. 

The bullpen promises to be the Astros' strength, perhaps even having enough bodies to help the team land a starter or a backup shortstop via trade. 

The bullpen promises to be the Astros' strength, perhaps even having enough bodies to help the team land a starter or a backup shortstop via trade. 

The Houston Astros' Miguel Tejada is headed to court to answer charges of lying to Congress, the latest athlete to face criminal prosecutors over the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs in pro sports.