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Found December 23, 2008 on Center Field:
PLAYERS: Mark Teixeira
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Baltimore Orioles

Our long national nightmare is over: Mark Teixeira finally signed with a team. Except, given that he signed with the Yankees, the nightmare may just be beginning. In what is now clearly become the patented Yankee-Boras "Swoop" Method (see, e.g. Rodriguez, Alex and Damon, Johnny), the ...
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Red Sox Set To Announce Teixeira Signing?

Via Eli's MLB Rumors  |  December 23, 2008
According to the Washington Times, there is an announcement set for today to discuss the future of Mark Teixeira. The specifics of the announcement are not known, but there indications that the Red Sox will announce that they have signed Teixeira to the eight year, 170 million dollar deal that they pulled off the table last week. The deal may have been renegotiated since their last...

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Live Podcast Tonight!

Via Central Maine Sports Blog  |  December 23, 2008
Due to the Mark Teixeira news today, there will be a live episode of the Vortex tonight. Internet only, Youcastr only, no commercials, no breaks. You can listen below, the festivities start at 9 PM est.The call-in number is 603-397-3559http://www.youcastr.com/casts/listen/1298

All I Want For Christmas

Via Baseball & The Boogie Down  |  December 23, 2008
OK. This whole Mark Teixeira saga needs to end. And it needs to end with him signing with the Yankees. The latest rumor, courtesy of MLBtraderumors via Jon Heyman at SI.com is that the Yankees are "stepping up their Teixeira talks." Well, it's about time. Heyman refers to it as "an attempt to ...

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Via Hail Mary Jane  |  December 24, 2008
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The Day After

Via Oriole Post  |  December 24, 2008
After having a day to digest the news of Mark Teixeira signing with the Evil Empire, and I'll say I can't blame him for signing with New York, nor the Yankees for signing him. You can't blame Andy MacPhail or Peter Angelos -- despite the history and how many feel about him -- due to simply the ...

The Yankees Mean Business

Via Josh Q. Public  |  December 24, 2008
Folks say you can't buy a championship. Folks say they don't care too much for money. Folks say money can't buy them love. As much as it pains me to say it, it appears that's exactly what the Yankees are doing.

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Via Machochip  |  December 24, 2008
“At the rate the Yankees are going, I’m not sure anyone can compete with them,” [Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio] said in an e-mail. “Frankly, the sport might need a salary cap... [t]hey are on a completely different economic playing field.. I paid $220 million for my team; now they get ...

The Yankees are evil…EVIL!

Via The Scores Report  |  December 24, 2008
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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

Via Bugs & Cranks  |  December 23, 2008
I’m not Nate Silver. I don’t have the brainpower to develop a complex series of formulas and regressions to accurately predict what’s going to happen in a given baseball season six months ahead of time. However, doing some line-up projections and minor number crunching I’ve come to what I think is a solid conclusion: despite [...]

Some Christmas Day Links

Via Sliding Into Home  |  December 25, 2008
Like yesterday I'm going to be out of the house for the rest of the day, here are some links:- Here's a great story on SI.com from Alex Bleth of Bronx Banter about Ray Negron and the final night at Yankee Stadium back in September.- Derek Jeter made a sick teenager's dream come true yesterday ...

Jesus, Tiexiereaia, will you please change the spelling of your freaking name already?

Via Bugs & Cranks  |  December 22, 2008
As a Boston Red Sox fan, I’m torn about the team’s courting of free-agent first baseman Mark Tieixeira. Acquiring the Gold Glove first baseman would certainly bolster the team’s offense, but it would necessitate the trade of Mike Lowell, not to mention require me to spell T-E-I-X-E-I-R-A on a regular basis, and frankly, I’m sick [...]

The Problem With Teixeria

Via The Chuck Knoblog  |  December 24, 2008
As Pete Abe states in this post their is going to be a problem with the Mark Teixiera signing. It probably means they don't have room for Andy Pettitte. This was the very reason why I preferred Adam Dunn. On the other hand, they could just forget about the budget and blow it up for one year and ...

Double Talk: Boras Open His Mouth Again

Via Oriole Post  |  December 22, 2008
While I am at home trying to recover from the flu, Mark Teixeira is still not signed with anyone.With news of Manny Ramirez seeking a three year deal from the New York Yankees, most are waiting for the chips with Mark to fall.Most thought that the Angels were out the hunt for Teixeira, as they ...

The Captain Thinks Manny Would Fit In With Yanks

Via Sliding Into Home  |  December 22, 2008
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