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
boost five huge pitch
He's our ace. For him to be back is a huge boost for us. Unfortunately, he can only pitch one out of every five days.
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.
game saved three
He probably saved two or three runs. If he doesn't make that play, I think the game is ours.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
dream baseball player
The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.
baseball games levels
Baseball can be a game of peaks and valleys. Mentally, I want to stay away from the ups and downs and just maintain a level approach.