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Mark Teixeira News & Rumors

Teixeira threatens to try bunting
February 1
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira has resisted the idea for years, but after hitting a career-low .248 last season, the first baseman is considering adding bunting to his game. "One thing I noticed is that my average with men on base was good, but when no one's on base, it wasn't,'' Teixeira said. "So when no one is on base, if they're playing a big shift, I may lay down some bunts this year." The idea contradicts everything the Yankee slugger has said — and his contract would indicate — since teams have altered their defense against him, so it remains to be seen if Teixeira will follow through."
Tex takes cuts at Valentine
December 1
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira could be looking for a new place to hit when he starts polishing his swing after the holidays. In past Januarys the switch-hitting Yankees first baseman has worked out at Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy in Stamford. However, with Valentine managing the Red Sox and being a regular at the facility, Teixeira isn't sure he will be welcome. "I was joking around on Twitter and Facebook: I don't know if he's going to let me hit at his facility anymore in Stamford,'' Teixeira said yesterday before accepting the March of Dimes' Sportsman of the Year Award at the Waldorf Astoria. "I've been hitting there for two years and he is there a lot. We will talk about hitting, we'll talk about"
Yankees' Teixeira no dope on HGH test
November 30
New York Post
 
"Long an advocate for a level playing field in baseball, Mark Teixeira is elated that testing for human growth hormone will start in spring training. "I hope we are at the point where we are testing for any illegal drugs,'' Teixeira told The Post yesterday. "There is no room in baseball, or any sport [for drugs]. I am glad we have a reliable test.'' A first failed HGH test will result in a player being suspended for 50 games. "Players get suspended for violating the policy,'' said Teixeira, who will be honored as Sportsman of the Year by the March of Dimes today in Manhattan. "HGH testing should continue the pursuit of perfection. We want everybody to know we want to get all drugs out of"
Yankees' Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez struggling in ALDS
October 4
New York Daily News
 
"The Yankees haven't gotten much from the fourth and fifth spots in their lineup so far this postseason, but both Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira are clinging to the idea that performing in one crucial moment can wash strikeouts and fruitless at-bats away. "I think we can win no matter what," Rodriguez said when asked about how the heart of the Yankee order has flopped. "You throw statistics out the window in the playoffs. The only one that matters then is winning games. And I think Tex and I are both prepared for big at-bats, a few key moments, and when they come, we'll be ready.""
Teixeira OK with moving down into No. 5 hole
September 25
New York Post
 
"Declaring that the team's priorities are what matters, Mark Teixeira said he has no problem hitting fifth in the Yankees' postseason lineup. "Oh, yeah. That's fine. It's all about the team. It's all about matchups," Teixeira told The Post before the Yankees' 9-1 victory over the Red Sox yesterday in The Bronx. "Whatever the lineup is, I'm all for it." The Post's Joel Sherman reported yesterday that manager Joe Girardi is strongly leaning toward moving Robinson Cano to third in the lineup, keeping Alex Rodriguez in the cleanup spot and sliding Teixeira to fifth. Girardi said the switch would be more likely if the Yankees face the Tigers, who figure to start four righties in the ALDS."
Teixeira returns to Yankees lineup with RBI
September 5
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira returned to the Yankees lineup on Sunday after missing the past two games with a bruised right knee. The first baseman went 1-for-5 with an infield single and RBI in the Yankees' 9-3 win over the Blue Jays. Teixeira suffered the injury when he was hit by an Alfredo Aceves pitch on Thursday night in the Yankees series finale vs. the Red Sox."
Yankees' Mark Teixeira says he's ready to return to lineup
September 4
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"First baseman Mark Teixeira, who said his banged-up right knee felt better after treatment today, hopes to return to the starting lineup Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Teixeira missed his second straight game with soreness in his right knee. He hasn't played since Thursday, when he took a pitch off the side of the knee before he was eventually lifted. Manager Joe Girardi said he's confident Teixeira will return soon. "It's just getting through the soreness and the soreness will go away," Girardi said. "It's not like he has a sprained ankle or something. It's a bruise and that will go away.""
Yankees' Mark Teixeira hit in 'bad spot' by Red Sox Alfredo Aceves, walking with limp after game
September 2
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira strode around the Yankees clubhouse with a limp after Thursday night's 4-2 win, and the Bombers now can only hope that they aren't looking at a long stretch without one of their major run-producers and best fielders. The slugging first baseman got drilled with an Alfredo Aceves pitch on the outside of his right knee in the sixth and had to come out of the game an inning later when it became so stiff in the field that he worried that balls would be hit his way. He retreated to the clubhouse after the bottom of the inning, and trainer Steve Donohue told him, "You're not going back out there." "It's pretty painful. It got me in a bad spot. It couldn't have got me in a worse spot"
Yankees get back-to-back homers from Granderson, Teixeira to back Ivan Nova in 3-0 win
August 22
New York Daily News
 
"A.J. Burnett's future in the rotation continues to be a hot topic, but there's one thing nobody can debate: Ivan Nova has established himself as one of the Yankees' best starters. Nova won his ninth straight decision, shutting the Twins out over seven innings to lead the Yankees to a 3-0 victory Sunday at Target Field. Nova allowed five hits and walked two, while striking out five to improve to 13-4. Nova is the first Yankees rookie pitcher to win that many games since Ron Davis went 14-2 out of the bullpen in 1979, and the first starter to accomplish the feat since Doc Medich went 14-9 in 1973. "He's been reliable," Joe Girardi said. "This is a kid that got off to a slow start but has"
Teixeira reaches career milestone, driving in 1,000th career run against Minnesota
August 21
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira became the latest Yankee to reach a milestone, recording the 1,000th RBI of his career Friday night against the Twins. "That's a nice number," Teixeira said. "My whole career, I've always thought of myself as someone that drives in runs. That's probably the stat I'm most proud about more than anything every year, being able to drive in 100 runs a year." Teixeira's .251 batting average and .347 on-base percentage are both well below his career marks, but with 94 RBI, he's well on his way to an eighth consecutive 100-RBI season. "No matter how I get it done, even though my average isn't good this year, I've been really good with runners in scoring position, really good with men"
Dropping Teixeira in lineup makes most sense for Yankees when Rodriguez returns from DL
August 18
New York Daily News
 
""Problem" might be the wrong word to use when it comes to Joe Girardi's lineup situation, as he must figure out the best way to add a three-time AL MVP to the mix in Minnesota. The Yankees have had a pretty good thing going during the five-plus weeks they've been without Alex Rodriguez. Against righties, it's been Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher in the top six spots, followed by some combination of a third baseman, catcher and DH. Against lefties, Gardner has dropped to the No. 9 spot, moving the other five up one spot each. Alex Rodriguez is expected to return from the disabled list on Thursday, and Girardi has already said that"
Teixeira wipes boyhood idol Eddie Murray from the switch-hitting home run record books
August 3
New York Daily News
 
"As a kid growing up in Baltimore, Mark Teixeira used to emulate Eddie Murray's switch-hitting ways in the backyard. Tuesday night, he wiped Murray out of the record books. Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate in the Yankees' 6-0 win over the White Sox, the 12th time in his career he's accomplished the feat. That moved the first baseman past Murray and Chili Davis for the most in history. "There's a lot of failure in this game, there's no doubt," Teixeira said. "When you can put your name in the record books for something like this? Being a switch hitter is very tough and this was a nice night for me." Teixeira is second in the majors with 31 home runs, trailing Toronto's Jose"
Teixeira's multihomer game sets record
August 3
MLB.com
 
"Mark Teixeira homered from each side of the plate for a Major League-record 12th time in his career during the Yankees' rain-shortened 6-0 win over the White Sox on Tuesday. Teixeira knocked a two-run homer off John Danks at U.S. Cellular Field from the right side in the third inning, then hit a solo shot from the left side off Jason Frasor in the seventh. Growing up in Baltimore, Teixeira idolized switch-hitting Hall of Famer Eddie Murray. On this night, he passed Murray and former Yankee Chili Davis, each of whom had 11 such games. "There's a lot of failure in this game, there's no doubt," Teixeira said. "When you can put your name in the record books to something like this -- being a"
As trade rumors surround Mets' Carlos Beltran, guys like CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira know the feeling
July 24
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira can still remember the adrenaline spike as he arrived, mid-game, in Atlanta after being traded to the Braves by Texas four summers ago. Teixeira had been told he wasn't in the lineup that night, but clubhouse workers were running toward him yelling, "Get ready!" "I said, 'What do you mean?'" Teixeira recalls. "They said, 'You're active!' Talk about stressful. I got my equipment and got ready real quick, but we hit a couple home runs, so I didn't end up playing that first night. But if it had been a close game, I would've pinch-hit and I would've either struck out or hit a 700-foot home run, because the adrenaline in my body was incredible." Teixeira's experience is a slice of"
Mark Teixeira's grand slam helps blast A's, 17-7
July 23
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"As the seventh inning came to pass, the Yankees' lead was a touchdown on a sweltering July night. The Oakland Athletics were continuing a miserable procession out of their tattered bullpen as the fans began to taper out, assured that victory was in hand. The Yankees already had scored a knockout with a nine-run third inning, ingited by Nick Swisher's three-run homer and capped by Mark Teixeira's grand slam. Ahead in this seventh inning lay a few more runs used to set the record for the most at the new Yankee Stadium, as Swisher scored Brandon Laird and Curtis Granderson on a line-drive single to left field. In front of 46,917 fans blanketed by 100-degree heat, the Yankees' bats exploded in"
Yankees' Mark Teixeira has lost his power stroke, hasn't raised batting average in prolonged slump
July 22
New York Daily News
 
"Over the first three months of the season, Mark Teixeira made up for his low batting average with a surge in home runs. The average remains low, but the power has disappeared since the beginning of July, leaving Teixeira again struggling to find his stroke. "The first three months, I felt like I did everything I could to get off to a good start and I did that," Teixeira said. "A lot of home runs and RBI to start off the season; average is average. When my timing is off, I'm not driving the ball. The last three weeks, I haven't been driving the ball." Teixeira finished June with 25 home runs and 63 RBI to go along with his .243 average, .351 on-base percentage and .541 slugging"
Mark Teixeira looks to get back on track
July 17
Bergen Record
 
"Mark Teixeira's seventh-inning single was just his fifth hit in his last 25 at-bats, and he's off to a 2-for-14 second-half start. "Before the break, it didn't feel good at all. A little fatigue set in," said Teixeira, who feels stronger and refreshed since the All-Star break. "Those three days helped. Now, it's just a matter of getting my timing back." It's been a mixed season for Teixeira, who has 25 homers, 66 RBI and a .240 batting average - 46 points below his career mark. Teixeira called it "One of the most satisfying and frustrating years for me. I'm hitting the ball hard a lot … but those extra hits aren't coming." He wants to be more patient at the plate. Hits and misses Derek"
Mark Teixeira has supplied Yankees with plenty of power this season, but batting average is way down
July 17
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira's struggles at the plate continued Saturday, as the first baseman went 1-for-5 in the Yankees' win over the Blue Jays. Teixeira is hitting .240 this season, 43 points below his career average. In his past 25 games, Teixeira is batting .196 with a .271 on-base percentage. "I'm waiting for that next hot streak. I haven't been swinging the bat very well the last couple weeks," Teixeira said. "Hopefully I'll start turning it around as soon as possible. You never like going through these little dips, but they happen. I just have to swing at some better pitches and be a little more patient. I think it will turn around for me." Teixeira's season has been a strange one. He is tied"
Average is now a real Tex-factor
July 8
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira isn't sure why his batting average has plummeted to such a miserable level. "The weird thing is, someone told me I'm putting the ball in play more than I have in my career," he said last night. "Sometimes they just don't fall." In the Yankees' 5-1 loss to the Rays last night, Teixeira went 0-for-2 with two walks, dropping his average to .241, his lowest since mid-April. He is perilously close to the .230s, not what's expected from a $180 million player who came into the season with a career average of .286. From his first season in the major leagues in 2003 through his first season in pinstripes in 2009 (a year in which he hit .292), his career average was .290. But last"
Stars and snubs for the Yanks
July 4
New York Post
 
"The Yankees had a half-dozen representatives named to the All-Star team yesterday, including starters Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano and injured Derek Jeter. And they could've had more. CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and David Robertson were snubbed from the June 12 game in Phoenix. C Russell Martin and closer Mariano Rivera were named to the American League team as reserves, and Joe Girardi said he has no problems with Jeter -- expected back in the lineup tonight -- playing. But the biggest shock was the omission of Sabathia, who has a 3.05 ERA and is tied for the major league lead in wins with 11. AL manager Ron Washington, whose Rangers beat the Yankees in last year's"
CC Sabathia
July 4
New York Daily News
 
"If a pitcher needs to be replaced on the AL All-Star team, CC Sabathia would be happy to take a call this week from the manager, Texas' Ron Washington, but only to pass on David Robertson's phone number. Sabathia, who was not selected for the team and will be on vacation in the Bahamas with his family during the All-Star break, said he'd say, "Thanks, but no thanks," if he were asked to fill in. Besides, Robertson, who was not one of the six Yankees selected, ought to be honored, Sabathia said. "I think I am more disappointed for him than anything," Sabathia said. "He's having a fabulous year. His numbers are ridiculous. I think he definitely deserves to be there." Four Yankees - Curtis"
Mark Teixeira sparks big first inning as Yankees take Game 1 of Subway Series at Citi Field, 5-1
July 2
New York Daily News
 
"The Mets ' and Yankees ' players and managers can tell you that the Subway Series is just another series in a long season, that these games hold as much weight as any others. Then you watch the way they go after them, see their actions speak more to how they truly feel. Both New York teams arrived Friday night at Citi Field playing the best baseball of their respective seasons and with a load of momentum - the Yanks' Mark Teixeira called it "the immovable object versus the unstoppable force" - and each fought to sustain it until the Yankees finally emerged with a 5-1 victory before a sellout crowd of 42,020, the largest ever to see a game at Citi. The Yankees' Joe Girardi managed"
CC Sabathia strikes out 13, Mark Teixeira belts 300th career home run as Yankees sweep Brewers, 5-0
July 1
New York Daily News
 
"CC Sabathia 's dominance of the Brewers Thursday served as the perfect snapshot of what the Yankees have been doing to National League teams for the past two weeks. And now they will try to continue their interleague assault against the Mets at Citi Field . Sabathia tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts, leading the Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Brewers at the Stadium to finish off a three-game sweep of the NL Central leaders. "This was a big game and a big series," Sabathia said. "These guys are in first place, they're a really good-hitting team and we pitched well against them. We wanted to finish it off today and we were able to do that." BOX SCORE: YANKEES 5, BREWERS 0"
Mark Teixeira plays down 300th home run as milestone, says A-Rod reaching 600 provides perspective
July 1
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira was maybe two hours removed from hitting his 300th career homer and he immediately tried to rain on his own parade. "That's not a major milestone," said Teixeira, who launched his shot leading off the third inning in the Yankees ' 5-0 win over Milwaukee Thursday. "I'm not trying to downplay it, (but) it's not 500 or 600 or anything like that." Not too far down the same side of the locker room you'll find Alex Rodriguez , he of the 626 career homers, sixth all-time. But considering Teixeira is just 31 years old, does he consider his 300th homer a significant accomplishment? "Yes and no," Teixeira said. "This game is such a daily grind. It's so tough to think about"
Yankees should get Prince Fielder, even though they have a slugging first baseman in Mark Teixeira
June 29
New York Daily News
 columnist John Harper
"Up in the press box, a major league scout was watching Prince Fielder flick line drives into the right field seats during batting practice Tuesday, the Brewers' star first baseman making home runs look practically effortless. "Man, I'd hate to think how many he could hit in this bandbox," the scout said. "If I'm the Yankees, he's the guy I sign, even with (Mark) Teixeira here. Put Fielder in this lineup as the DH and they might never lose." It has to be a tempting thought for the Yankee brass, even at $25 million a year. Not only is Fielder's lefthanded swing made for the Stadium, but the free agent-to-be would add more of the star power this franchise both craves and needs to continue"
Mark Teixeira, Bombers bash their way to 12-4 victory
June 16
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"The M*A*S*H unit that is the Yankees clubhouse learned today that relief pitcher Rafael Soriano is in for an extended stay , moving from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Counting Soriano, the Yankees have 11 players, including captain Derek Jeter, on the DL. But somehow, some way the Yankees keep winning. General manager Brian Cashman has been criticized for having a geriatric roster - and he does in some spots - but he has also assembled some youth and depth. It's a team of hip-hop and old-school, young guns and venerable veterans coming together in perfect harmony. That's what is going on in the Bronx as the Yankees shake off injury after injury - and a sweep at the"
Mark Teixeira homers from both sides of plate for 11th time in career as Yankees blast Texas 12-4
June 16
New York Daily News
 
"Home runs at Yankee Stadium are nothing new. Home runs by Eduardo Nuñez and Ramiro Peña - in the same game, no less - are something different. The entire Yankee infield homered to pace a 12-4 rout of the Rangers, putting the Bombers in position to sweep the defending American League champions Thursday at the Stadium. "I don't know if I've ever been part of a game where every infielder hit a home run," Joe Girardi said. "Those two guys were outstanding tonight and had great at-bats." Nuñez's home run helped him celebrate his 24th birthday as he made his second straight start in place of Derek Jeter. "I'm so happy because it's my birthday and I hit a home run," Nuñez said. "I'd be happy"
Fausto Carmon doesn't quell fire after benches clear for hitting Mark Teixeira
June 12
New York Daily News
 
"A day after Fausto Carmona set off a bench-clearing altercation when he drilled Mark Teixeira in the back following a Curtis Granderson home run, the Indians pitcher did little to defuse the situation. Speaking through his interpreter, Indians staff assistant Francisco Morales, Carmona said he did no wrong by plunking Teixeira, saying the pitch simply got away from him. "I was trying to pitch inside," Carmona said. When asked if he expected the kind of reaction he got from Teixeira and the Yankees following the pitch, Carmona seemed defiant. "(I) was ready for anything," Carmona said through Morales. "I threw a pitch and it hit him." Carmona said he didn't know what Teixeira was yelling at"
Yankees' bats come alive after Teixeira hits deck
June 11
New York Post
 
"We have been waiting all week for the benches to clear at Yankee Stadium after someone being plunked by a pitch. It was just no one expected it with the Indians, not the Red Sox, in town. Managers Joe Girardi and Manny Acta went nose-to-nose last night after Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona drilled Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira in the back with a 94 mph pitch in the second inning of the Yankees' 11-7 victory. The minor scuffle highlighted a bounce-back night for the Yankees in front of 45,679 at the Stadium after the embarrassing sweep by the Red Sox. Ivan Nova held the Indians down and the Yankees belted out 15 hits in the first of a four-game series with the Indians, who sit atop"
Mark Teixeira, Joe Girardi get in dust-up with Indians over beanball during 11-7 win
June 11
New York Daily News
 
"The benches and bullpens emptied at the Stadium Friday night, and David Ortiz wasn't even in the country. After saying he expected the Yankees to respond positively after being swept by Ortiz and the Red Sox earlier this week, Joe Girardi led the charge out of the dugout - and got into a face-to-face shouting match with Indians manager Manny Acta - after Mark Teixeira was hit in the upper back by a Fausto Carmona fastball that followed Curtis Granderson's home run in the second inning of the Bombers' 11-7 win. Indeed, it appeared that enough finally was enough. "Yeah, that's pretty accurate," Alex Rodriguez said. "(The Red Sox) came in here and pretty much embarrassed us on our home"
Teixeira plays -- and gets a hit
June 9
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira woke up yesterday morning after not sleeping much, and took a few steps to test out his bruised right knee. Then he picked up his phone and texted Yankees manager Joe Girardi and assistant trainer Steve Donohue, "I'm ready to go. Count me in tonight." With that, Teixeira was back in the lineup one night after taking a Jon Lester fastball to the side of his knee. The pitch dropped Teixeira to the ground and he rolled around in pain. But X-rays showed nothing was broken, and remarkably Teixeira did not have to miss last night's game. "I didn't know what to expect," said Teixeira, who went 1-for-4 and drove in two runs in an the Yankees' 11-6 loss to the Red Sox last night at"
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira misses no time despite Jon Lester beanball Tuesday
June 9
New York Daily News
 
"Mark Teixeira didn't expect to hear any "Pipp, Pipp, Jorge" chants Wednesday night at the Stadium. But the Yankees' first baseman surprisingly didn't miss any time despite leaving Tuesday's game after getting drilled on the right knee by a pitch by Boston lefty Jon Lester. "The Wally Pipp stuff, it's all over the place," Teixeira joked before the game, referring to Wally Pipp famously coming out of the lineup in 1923 and never regaining his starting job from Lou Gehrig. "Every time you get hurt, you get a few innings off, a few days off, the Wally Pipp stories fly right away." Teixeira, of course, never was in danger of losing his spot to fill-in Jorge Posada, who went 3-for-3 with a walk"
Yankees don't retaliate for Mark Teixeira beanball, Big Papi antics, but Bronx series isn't over yet
June 8
New York Daily News
 columnist John Harper
"Joe Girardi is no pacifist. He fumes when Yankee players get plunked, even when he knows it isn't intentional. So you kept thinking that somebody was going to pay for Mark Teixeira getting drilled in the knee and knocked out of a big game against the Red Sox Tuesday night. And when David Ortiz punctuated a moon-shot home run with a showy bat flip in the fifth inning in giving the Sox a 6-1 lead, well, I would have bet the ranch that fireworks were coming at some point. I mean, I know everybody loves Big Papi, but he showed up a kid pitcher, Hector Noesi, in a way that usually demands retaliation at some point. Girardi all but said as much after the game. "I didn't really care for it," he"
Mark Teixeira suffers right knee contusion, X-rays negative after being hit by Jon Lester pitch
June 8
New York Daily News
 
"Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira had to leave the Bombers game Tuesday night against the Red Sox in the first inning after being hit in the right knee with a pitch by Boston lefthander Jon Lester. Teixeira spent more than two minutes on the ground grimacing in pain and had to be helped off the field. The Yankees said X-rays were negative and that Teixeira, diagnosed with a right knee contusion, will be re-evaluated Wednesday. Joe Girardi inserted Jorge Posada as a pinch-runner for the ailing first baseman."
Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira leaves game with knee injury
June 8
New York Post
 
"The only thing uglier for Yankees fans than watching Freddy Garcia get knocked around by the Red Sox last night was seeing Mark Teixeira rolling around home plate, clutching his right knee in pain. Jon Lester hit Teixeira in the first inning with a 90 mph cut fastball. The pitch caught Teixeira on the side of his kneecap, and he dropped to the ground and looked like he may be seriously hurt as Yankees manager Joe Girardi and trainer Gene Monahan tended to him. Teixeira was carried off the field and X-rays showed only a bruise on the knee. Teixeira said his immediate fear was that he had broken his kneecap. "That's the first thing you think about," Teixeira said. "On the knee, you don't"
High-Tex solution for Yankees' offense
June 6
New York Post
 
"He is not chasing 3,000 hits like Derek Jeter or the betting choice to surpass Barry Bonds on the all-time home run list like Alex Rodriguez. Yet the Yankees' lineup has a lot more teeth in it when switch-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira is going well. So it wasn't a surprise that with Teixeira in a slump the Yankees scored four, two and three runs in the previous three games before yesterday's 5-3 win over the Angels at Angel Stadium. Teixeira showed a small sign that he was going to break out of a 1-for-11 funk in the first inning with a two-out, opposite-field single to left-center and announced his re-entry in a big way with towering homers in the third and fifth innings. After"
Mark Teixeira smacks two home runs as Yankees end successful road trip with 5-3 win over Angels
June 6
New York Daily News
 
"The Yankees are headed home, though it would be hard to blame them for wanting to stay on the road. The Bombers finished off their nine-game, 10-day road trip with a 5-3 win over the Angels Sunday, taking a rare series win in Anaheim. The win gave the Yankees a 6-3 record on the trip, which is even more impressive when you consider they lost the first two games in Seattle. Up next? A three-game showdown against the Red Sox with first place in the American League East at stake. "It's big for a lot of reasons," Mark Teixeira said of the win. "We wanted some momentum going into the off day and then the series against Boston. Playing a team that we haven't played that well against over the"
Teixeira supplies fireworks
May 31
New York Post
 
"Robinson Cano carried the Yankees in April, but has gone cold of late. Alex Rodriguez hasn't been the muscle man in the middle of the lineup. Designated hitter Jorge Posada continues to struggle, and though Nick Swisher has displayed signs of life lately, he is searching. That leaves Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson to carry the Yankees, and Teixeira did exactly that yesterday in a 5-0 win over the A's at the Coliseum with a two-run homer off Trevor Cahill during a three-run first inning. "That was huge -- Cahill is one of the best pitchers in baseball," Teixeira said of the big inning. "We didn't get a lot of hits, but we made them count." Cahill did not allow another run until the"
Teixeira having trouble keeping ball in the park, belts 16th home run
May 31
New York Daily News
 
"The weather may not be heating up for the Yankees, but Mark Teixeira is. Teixeira gave the Yankees all the offense they needed Monday, belting a two-run home run in the first inning off Trevor Cahill to spark the Bombers' 5-0 win. It was Teixeira's 16th home run of the season, his fourth in the past five games and seventh in the past 11. "I've said it before, home runs come in bunches," Teixeira said. "Right now I'm just kind of in one of those streaks where I'm hitting the ball out of the park a lot. Hopefully, it keeps up. I feel pretty good up there." Teixeira's home run pushed his hitting streak to seven games. He's hitting .310 (9-for-29) during the stretch."
Tex knocks in winning run to cap late rally
May 25
New York Post
 
"There have been more sighs than pies at Yankee Stadium this year, but that all changed last night. The Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 on a walk-off single by Mark Teixeira in the ninth inning in front of 41,519 fans at the Stadium, giving them their sixth win in their last nine games. It was just the second walk-off win for the Yankees this year, and rallies have been in short supply for the team that made a living off of them over the last two years. They now are just 2-18 this year when trailing after eight innings. The Yankees lost seven of their last nine home games before last night, making their home-field advantage look less formidable than it"
A-Rod, Tex fail in clutch
April 30
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira called the fifth-inning at-bat "the one I wanted the most." The first baseman had faced Toronto lefty Ricky Romero twice during the game -- hitting a single with nobody on base and lining out hard with one man aboard. In the fifth inning, however, Teixeira came up with the bases loaded, nobody out and the Yankees down one. "The one I wanted the most, he just threw a good hard fastball. I just didn't get the head out," Teixeira said. "Just a bad at-bat." And a bad result. Teixeira popped out softly to short, and the lack of clutch production followed as Alex Rodriguez banged into a 6-4-3 double play -- ending the inning and squandering a huge Yankees threat. It was part of the"
Mark Teixeira may return tonight
April 29
New York Post
 
"There was some improvement in Mark Teixeira's jammed right shoulder. Not enough to have the first baseman back in the Yankees' starting lineup last night but enough, with treatment, to have him play tonight. "That's the plan," said Teixeira, who jammed the right shoulder when he dove for a ball in Tuesday's game but received "tons of treatment" yesterday and last night. "So get here early, and do some early hitting with Kevin [hitting coach Long] to make sure everything's good, but I'm hoping to play tomorrow." Big difference from when Teixeira arrived yesterday. "It's still sore," explained Teixeira, who was replaced at first by Eric Chavez. "I'm not overly worried about it [but] it's"
Shoulder woes don't worry Tex
April 28
New York Post
 
"Mark Teixeira isn't too worried that the jammed right shoulder that forced him out of last night's game is a serious injury. "I am not concerned. It's a general ache, not a shooting pain," Teixeira said. Teixeira, who went 1-for-3 with a single in the fifth, left the game for pinch-hitter Eric Chavez in the eighth. The first baseman said he originally suffered the injury Tuesday night in the third inning when he dove for a ball and tried to turn a 3-6-3 double play but had to settle for an out at first. "Right away I knew I jammed it," Teixeira said. "But in the middle of a game the adrenaline takes over. [Yesterday] in batting practice I felt it. We will see how it feels [today].""
Teixeira leaves game with injury
April 28
Bergen Record
 
"Mark Teixeira left Wednesday's game in the eighth inning, due to a sore right shoulder. Teixeira originally hurt himself Tuesday night, making a diving stop of a third-inning grounder. The first baseman awoke with soreness, but went 1-for-3 before exiting. "Once I went out for batting practice, I felt it. It just didn't get any better," Teixeira said, though he's "not very concerned" because there's no sharp pain."
Teixeira, Andino let incident 'slide'
April 24
New York Post
 
"Long before Josh Rupe drilled Russell Martin in the back, Mark Teixeira and Orioles shortstop Robert Andino got cranky with each other. According to Andino, Teixeira's slide into second base in the first inning included an upward movement of the shoulder into the shortstop. "He slid and came up with the shoulder," Andino said after the Yankees' 15-3 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards. "I said, 'Hey relax, I am just putting the tag on you.' We talked at first base and everything is cool." Teixeira downplayed the incident."
Teixeira not exactly in favor of Bud Selig's new plan to expand MLB playoffs
April 23
New York Daily News
 
"Bud Selig may be looking forward to an expanded playoff system in baseball next season, but the Yankees are skeptical about the potential changes. The commissioner said this week that MLB is likely to add a wild-card team to each league, bringing the total number of playoff teams to 10 each season. Unlike the current system, which sees the lone wild-card winner in each league take on a division winner in a best-of-five division series, the new format would likely pit the two wild-card winners against each other in a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the division series. That would mean a five- or six-day layoff for the six division winners, an extended break that teams"
Mark Teixeira, Joe Girardi and Yankees insist it's too early to panic over slow start for hitters
April 12
New York Daily News
 
"Imagine what the Yankees' record would be right now if the lineup was actually hitting. Yes, the Bombers are tied for the American League lead with 18 home runs, but they rank in the lower half of the league in average (.236) and on-base percentage (.311), relying far too much on the longball to score. Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez and Russell Martin have all gotten off to strong starts, each hitting .300 or higher through the first nine games. But the other six regulars have sputtered, with Mark Teixeira (.182), Curtis Granderson (.172), Brett Gardner (.167) and Jorge Posada (.138) all sinking well below the Mendoza line. And you thought Derek Jeter's .206 average was the Yankees'"
Struggling Teixeira goes 0-for-Boston
April 11
New York Post
 
"Don't look now, but Mark Teixeira's slow start may just have been delayed a week. The Yankees first baseman looked like he was going to put his early-season struggles behind him this year when he hit home runs in four of the team's first five games. But he does not have a hit since Tuesday and is in an 0-for-18 slide that has left his average at .182. Against the Red Sox, Teixeira went 0-for-12 with six strikeouts, three of them coming last night. "They pitched me really tough this weekend," Teixeira said after the Yankees' 4-0 loss to the Red Sox. "Any ball I did hit hard got caught. They pitched me tough. [Today's] day off will be nice to just regroup and get back to work on Tuesday.""
Yanks' Mark Teixeira donates $1M to Harlem RBI Dream Team campaign
April 7
Bergen Record
 
"The kids sat silent and still, listening to every word. There was no talking. No playing with their hands. No fidgeting. The presence of Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira just feet from them - and the $1 million he donated to their Harlem RBI Dream Team campaign --- had turned the pre-teens and teens at the Wednesday afternoon press conference at Yankee Stadium into perfect kids. Or maybe Harlem RBI did that. Teixeira's donation is earmarked toward a $90 million, 50,000 square-foot project that will include a permanent home for Harlem RBI's DREAM Charter School, a community center, 87 units of low-income housing, and a rebuilt city park. "I look at my own kids at home," Teixeira said."