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Found December 21, 2008 on The Bottom Line:
PLAYERS: Mark Teixeira,  John Henry
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox

Peter Gammons discussed the Teixeira Sweepstakes yesterday. The excerpt below runs parallel to my thoughts on the current situation: Most free agents probably read Red Sox owner John Henry's cryptic e-mail in regards to the Teixeira negotiations, which probably was a rewrite of something he wrote to Frank McCourt when he was negotiating to buy McCourt's house outside Boston, which, roughly...

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