I remember the day the Baltimore Orioles signed Miguel Tejada. Growing up an Orioles fan, and watching them finish fourth place in the AL East the previous six years, I was growing used to them not having good players. I grew up watching them have a Hall of Fame shortstop in Cal Ripken, along with many other notable players. But Ripken retired and they hit a stretch where they were a pretty horrible team.
Then they signed Tejada. The moment I heard the news, I jumped on my couch in my dorm room, called my roommate (part of this was out of excitement, and part was that my cell phone didn't work unless I stood on the couch next to the window), and screamed into the phone "WE GOT TEJADA!