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
business deal easy enjoy glad happy playing ready
I'm happy to get this deal done and kind of get the business out of the way. I enjoy playing the game. This isn't always an easy part of it. I'm glad to get ready to play the game.
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.
outrageous
I'm not offended. It's outrageous and an outrageous claim.
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.
agent sit talk three
I have no idea what will happen. It's something my agent and I will sit down and talk about. I know I'm here for three more years.
exactly gotten looking month waiting
It's very encouraging. We have been waiting for this for a lot of years, and for the first month of the season, we've gotten exactly what we've been looking for.
guys took
It took me 16 at-bats. I told these guys it's not that easy.
last none ranger unhappy
I've never been more unhappy as a Ranger than the last two weeks. Nothing's going right. A lot of things are going on, and none of them are positive.
room ton trying
There's a ton of room for me to grow, ... I'm still working on a lot of things and trying to get better.
anybody baseball league left major might player playing republic talent
There's a lot of talent around the world. Anybody playing major league baseball, you look to your left there might be a player from Korea, you look to your right there might be a player from the Dominican Republic or Mexico.
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.
aaron among award best guys hank history honor included list names past players won
It's a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.
course goes good guy happen popular starter tough trade
It's tough when your No. 2 starter goes down, and you trade the most popular guy in the clubhouse. A lot of things happen over the course of the year. Hopefully, good things will happen.