seamheads.com - 12/10/2008
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Mark Teixeira did not sign with the Red Sox when they drafted him out of high school. With Scott Boras already in hand and providing excellent career advice he ignored the $1.5 million dollar offer and went to Georgia Tech where he got seven times as much when he signed his first pro contract ...
8 Years or More to Get Teixeira
fenwaywest.com 12/15/2008 — The Red Sox will have to offer and at least 8 years to sign Mark Teixeira. Right now the Nats and the Angels both have 8 year offers on the table and each has an extra added incentive. The Nats offer the home town angle and Teixeira recently bought a ...
Back in it…
wevegotheart.com 12/23/2008 — For days, this post has been kicking around in my head. I’ve just been too busy to sit down and write.
This morning, I listened to Baseball This Morning on MLB Home Plate (as I do almost every morning) and observed them poking fun at our ...
Nats make eight-year offer to Teixeira | nationals.com: News
washington.nationals.mlb.com 12/10/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- The Nationals are showing how serious they are when it comes to bringing Mark Teixeira to Washington, D.C. According to a Major League source, the club has offered the switch-hitting first baseman an eight-year, $160 million contract ...
Teixeira's No Angel
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/22/2008 — Yesterday, the Angels decided to withdraw their offer (probably 8 years/$160 mil ( ish )) to Mark Teixeira effectively taking themselves out of the running for the slugging first baseman. According to Tim Brown of Yahoo.com, "Sources close to the process said Angels owner Arte Moreno ...
It's Teixeira Time, Nationals!
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/19/2008 — The push to bring Mark Teixeira to Washington DC continues! Last week, I wrote about why Teixeira should sign with the Washington Nationals instead of the Angels and Red Sox. I'm happy to report that it looks as though the Nationals are one of the last two teams in the running for Teixeira! ...
Teixeira interested in playing for Nats | nationals.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/20/2008 — WASHINGTON -- It has been reported several times that the Nationals have interest in signing free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. MLB.com has learned that the feeling is mutual, according to a person familiar with Teixeira's thinking. Teixeira is ...
Mark Teixeira to the Yankees
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/26/2008 — Wow. After weeks of only hearing about the Red Sox, Orioles, Angels, and Nationals being involved in the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, the Yankees ultimately landed the free agent slugger with an 8 year/$180 million contract. The contract is further proof that you can never count out the Yankees, ...
Teixeira interested in playing for Nats | nationals.com: News
washington.nationals.mlb.com 11/21/2008 — WASHINGTON -- It has been reported several times that the Nationals have interest in signing free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. MLB.com has learned that the feeling is mutual, according to a person familiar with Teixeira's thinking. Teixeira is ...
Teixeira interested in playing for Nats | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/20/2008 — WASHINGTON -- It has been reported several times that the Nationals have interest in signing free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. MLB.com has learned that the feeling is mutual, according to a person familiar with Teixeira's thinking. Teixeira is ...
Sabathia Deal Done —
Nationals Journal 12/10/2008
Not a Nats move, but a move, at least. The New York Post says Sabathia and the Yankees have agreed to a deal. That should let some of the other free agent dominoes start tumbling. My hunch was that Teixeira wouldn't sign before Sabathia so perhaps now ...
Teixeira, never CC, is Halos' priority —
Major League Baseball News 12/10/2008
Although the Angels considered CC Sabathia early on, discussions with the southpaw were never serious once the Yankees' record offer was on the table. The organization has preferred to use their resources to pursue re-signing first baseman Mark Teixeira.
Teixeira To Sox? Angels? Nats? —
Nationals Journal 12/10/2008
According to Ken Rosenthal at foxsports.com, the Angels have all but given up on signing Teixeira -- and that the Nats may make him the highest offer. (Scroll down to 5:41 p.m. on his blog.) According to mlb.com, the Angels are optimistic they can ...
