Mark Teixeira
Mark Teixeira
Mark Charles Teixeirais an American Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees. Before playing in the MLB, he played college baseball at Georgia Tech, where in 2001 he won the Dick Howser Trophy as the national collegiate baseball player of the year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 April 1980
CityAnnapolis, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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It celebrates the whole world and gives us a chance to show the world how great the game is. I'm half Italian and my name is Portuguese. The great thing about this is the United States is the melting pot.
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If that's not working, I don't know what is. The players have said all along we believe our system is working.
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What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution.
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He is a guy that is capable of carrying his team with his bat. He kind of gets hidden in our lineup. He is in a zone right now, and when you get that way, you want to keep on playing.
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When he gets hot, he can carry a team for a long time.
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We've got four All-Stars in there. You can make a case for all of them. They're all playing really well.
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Those are three great players, ... You can feel good about your accomplishment when you're mentioned with those players. Hitting 40 homers is a great number that not many people get to.
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We'll have All-Stars two deep in the lineup, and then we'll also have a pitching staff full of All-Stars.
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Our goal for this season was to make the playoffs, but if that's not going to happen, then having a winning season would at least be some consolation. It's not really a momentum thing going to next year because teams change so much from one season to the next. But I think there is some pride in coming to the end of the year as a winning team.
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We still feel like this is a team that can compete. Unfortunately, this was our start, and we've got to turn it around.
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We definitely could have played better. Anytime you lose, there are things you could have done better.
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I've noticed we've been going after hitters a lot more this year, and throwing more strikes, and it's shown in our success. It's been nice. Any time the pitching staff is doing that better and more consistently, there's a lot less pressure on the offense going in.
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He's our ace. For him to be back is a huge boost for us. Unfortunately, he can only pitch one out of every five days.
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I'm a Baltimore guy. I've always loved Baltimore and always will love Baltimore, but baseball is baseball, and when you're playing on the opposing team, you're going to get booed.