Teixeira says off days cause postseason struggles
newsday.com 11/4/2009 — Typically someone who won't even say the word "slump," Mark Teixeira not only acknowledged his postseason struggles Tuesday, the Yankees first baseman actually offered a reason for his offensive woes.

Time For Teixeira to Step Up
nybaseballdigest.com 10/20/2009 — It is estimated that the Yankees saved roughly 40 runs in 2009, just by switching from Jason Giambi playing first base to Mark Teixeira. According to Bill James Fielding Bible, from 2006 to 2008, Jason Giambi rated a -30 (meaning he made 30 less plays than the average 1st baseman), while Mark ...

Yankees have won the World Series with struggling key players
riveraveblues.com 11/4/2009 — For many reasons, Mark Teixeira probably didn’t appreciate Tuesday’s break in World Series action. He’s struggled through the first five games, as he has throughout most of the playoffs. Off-days aren’t kind to slumping ...

In Defense Of Mark Teixeira
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — Mark Teixeira is hitting .120/.241/.240 with just one extra base hit in 29 PA this post-season. That assuredly is not a good line, particularly from a team's number three hitter. Unfortunately, Teixeira has begun this post-season in a slump much like the one he had to begin the regular season, ...

New Mr. October in New York?
scoresreport.com 10/10/2009 — Mark Teixeira has the city of New York in a frenzy after his dramatic walk-off home run last night in Game 2 for the Yankees vs the Twins. Yankee fans have been very frustrated in recent years as a result of collapses in the postseason, so they’re giddy with excitement at the ...

What caused Alex Rodriguez to turn it around? Theories abound
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 10/18/2009 — NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez has made a lot of changes in his life, and they seem to be working so far. It's tough to judge the new A-Rod except on his playing exploits, as he's made himself a lot scarcer in the new Yankee Stadium (he was nowhere to be ...

Tex Talks About His Former Team
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/16/2009 — From Justin Terranova : Don’t worry about Mark Teixeira getting caught up in the fact the Angels knocked the Yankees out of the postseason in 2002 and 2005. Not only does the Bombers first baseman not care, he doesn’t remember. “I could not tell you ...

Blank Slate: Mark Teixeira
stylepointsblog.com 10/13/2009 — One thing we’ve always railed against in our 14 years of existence is the canned sound bite. We loathe any and all athletes who use the phrase ‘we’ve gotta play ‘em one game at a time.’ Our most endearing sports personalities speak their minds for good or ill and they make all the extraneous ...

Seeing and UZR and Teixeira
fangraphs.com 8/17/2009 — This weekend I received enough e-mails about Mark Teixeira and his 2009 UZR of -0.8, that I thought it was worth discussing in a public post instead of answering each e-mail individually. I can only believe that this debate was spurred by a blog post ...

Worried about Mark Teixeira? Don’t be
lennysyankees.com 10/9/2009 — The Yankees three-hitter Mark Teixeira went 0-for-4 in Game 1 and left five men on base. Luckily, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui picked up the slack this time, but Teixeira should be the lead cog in this strong lineup. Well, the odds are in his favor to do that tonight against ...

Utley, Lee help Phils stave off Series elimination — Examiner Sports 11/3/2009
By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst. The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils' World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park. Desperate to hang ...

Teixeira upbeat despite Series struggles — Major League Baseball News 11/3/2009
Less than 24 hours after Mark Teixeira missed another opportunity to delete every word being written about his struggles, striking out representing the tying run to end Game 5 of the Fall Classic, the Yankees' first baseman presented a smile and ...

Yanks' Teixeira remains upbeat despite slump — Boston.com -- Baseball News 11/4/2009
A high-priced slugger is having a hard time in the postseason with the New York Yankees.

Yankees' Teixeira struggling in playoffs (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 11/4/2009
A high-priced slugger is having a hard time in the postseason with the New York Yankees. No, not that one. This time, it's Mark Teixeira who looks out of sorts at the plate. While Alex Rodriguez is piling up RBIs in the cleanup spot behind him, ...

Stick figures: Matsui, Tex, Cano — Major League Baseball News 11/3/2009
The keys for the Yankees in Game 6 against Pedro Martinez could the bats of Hideki Matsui, Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano.