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Buster Olney Buster Olney is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. He began covering baseball in 1989, as the Nashville Banner's beat reporter assigned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Later, he covered the San Diego Padres (1993-94), the Baltimore Orioles ('95-'96), the New York Mets ('97) and ...
sports.espn.go.com - 12/15/2008
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Posted by Buster Olney We saw the damage
that Mark Teixeira could do with the Angels in
his 54 games with the team down the stretch. Batting in front of Vladimir Guerrero in the lineup, the switch-hitting first baseman mashed to a .358 batting average ...
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Mark Teixeira Rumors: Sunday
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
A few Mark Teixeira notes from Buster Olney's blog this morning:
Olney talked to someone who talked to a member of the Nationals' front office. The word is that the Nationals "absolutely do not expect to win the bidding for Teixeira."
Olney also heard that the Yankees did make an offer to Tex at some point, but ...
Yanks had an offer on the table for Tex, but pulled it?
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
from River Avenue Blues : Update (3:00 p.m.): Buster Olney says that the Yanks had an offer on the table but have since pulled it . “They want to cut payroll,” Olney writes, “and basically, they cannot do this if they sign Teixeira.” It is of course a bad time to cut payroll as Teixeira fills an obvious need. Additionally, as has been pointed out in the comments, the Yanks could withdraw their offer to Pettitte and just commit to Melky and Brett Gardner in the outfield for instant savings. After 2009, enough money is coming off the books that Teixeira makes sense. I’d hate to see them opt out off this signing as they did with Carlos Beltran ...
Teixeira Updates
The Joy of Sox —
Sunday evening updates on Mark Teixeira, who may make his decision "within the next few days": Angels: The team's vice president of communications confirmed a foxsports.com report that LAA has withdrawn its offer. Yankees: Made an offer, but have withdrawn it. Nationals: Do not expect to win the Teixeira sweepstakes. Red Sox: Have not spoken with Boras since Thursday night. Orioles: Still out there; may ...
First Base: Boston in Good Spot for Teixeira
MetsBlog.com —
The Angels have withdrawn their offer to free-agent 1B Mark Teixeira, reports FoxSports.com and Yahoo! Sports.
In fact, Angels GM Tony Reagins later confirmed the report to the Los Angeles Times, adding that he is no longer pursuing the free-agent first baseman.
Similarly, Buster Olney of ESPN.com believes the Nationals do not expect to sign Teixeira, despite making a eight-year offer.
Meanwhile, according to the Newsday, Teixeira still has an eight-year offer on the table from the Red Sox, worth roughly $22 million per season.
…ok, so, the Sox have the high ...
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Angels Pull Out Of Teixeira Sweepstakes —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/22/2008
Yes, you heard it.
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports , the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have officially pulled out of the Mark Teixeira derby.
The Angels were believed to be offering an eight-year deal, worth somewhere between $160 ...
