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
hitters less noticed offense pitching pressure shown staff throwing time
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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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.
baseball credit defect either flaw hard hit maybe
Maybe that's it. Either that or there was a flaw or defect in the baseball. I hit it hard but ... I don't know if I could take credit for that.
ball hardest hit
That was the hardest ball ever hit to me down at first base.
hitting world worst
Switch-hitting is one of the greatest things in the world and one of the worst things in the world.
against best expand gets hits lucky pitch spot zone
If he hits his spot he probably gets me out. You can't expand the zone against him. He's one of the best in the game. I was lucky enough to get a pitch over the plate.
outrageous
I'm not offended. It's outrageous and an outrageous claim.
baltimore love loved playing
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.
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.
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.
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.
game great
It's great to be in a real game.
crazy funny outrageous
It's crazy and it's funny. It's an outrageous comment, an outrageous claim.