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
kids leadership
As much as you don't like disciplining your kids, you have to sometimes. Kids want that structure, that leadership, that guidance. I think that's what I try to give my children.
anytime ball drive games good hard job lack looking shows swinging
The way the first 10 games have gone, I've done a pretty good job of swinging at good pitches. That shows in the lack of strikeouts. Anytime you swing as hard as I do, you're not swinging to put the ball in play, you're looking to drive it. Anytime you do that, you're going to swing and miss. But if I swing at better pitches, my whole game will be better.
playing poorly season
I think we have to feel good. We started the season playing pretty poorly all around. To be where we are right now, we can't complain.
chance game gives great half italian melting name states united
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.
against best players playing win
I want to win this thing more than anybody. And to be playing against the best players in the world, you want to win even more.
against rest win
I want to win more than anybody. You put us up against the rest of the world, and I'm going to want to win even more.
change coming goal momentum next pride season teams winning year
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.
along believe players system
If that's not working, I don't know what is. The players have said all along we believe our system is working.
capable carrying gets guy hidden team zone
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.
compared count game highs last team year
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.
second sleep
That could be it exactly. The first day, I didn't sleep at all. The second day, yeah, a little bit.
careers guys list named nice time
Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling, ... To see the careers those guys have had and the career that Pujols is going to have ... it's nice to be part of that group.
careers guys list named nice time
Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling. You see the careers those guys have had, and the career Pujols is going to have, it's nice to be a part of that group.
build few last shown
I have no expectations about the offseason. The last few years, we've shown that we are only going to build from within.