Monday, November 10, 2008
NY Daily News - McCarron: Meet Mark Teixeira, the big bat on the free agent market
And, based on what Teixeira perceived as some draft-day shenanigans when he was in high school, the 28-year-old may already dislike the Red Sox.
All that, plus his immense baseball talent - Teixeira is a switch-hitting slugger who also plays a nifty first base - might make Teixeira the ideal free-agent position player for the Yankees this offseason. The Yanks have a hole at first base, their regressing offense needs a jumpstart and GM Brian Cashman said at the GM meetings last week the Yanks must improve their defense, too.
“Just my own personal opinion, I see him playing in New York,” says Dave Norton, who was Teixeira’s coach at Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore. “I see him going there and see his career going further than it already has. It’s a great fit for him. To play for the Yankees, the storied history, would be great for him.”
The Red Sox involved in shenanigans? Shocking if true….
On an unrelated note, Part 2 of Chris Jaffe’s look at the best teams to have never won a pennant is posted at the Hardball Times for anyone who is interested in checking it out.
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