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
baseball might miss playing team work
I'm still going to be playing baseball, still getting my work in. The team might miss me a little bit, but at the same time, when we get back, it will be like we've never left.
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.
case four playing
We've got four All-Stars in there. You can make a case for all of them. They're all playing really well.
anytime definitely played
We definitely could have played better. Anytime you lose, there are things you could have done 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
dream baseball player
The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.
baseball play league
To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.
play games realizing
I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.
baseball italian player
I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere and it's a great thing to have a world cup to celebrate the whole world. It shows the world that baseball is important and how great the game is.
winning play people
I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.