Nationals fall short in Teixeira bidding | nationals.com: News
washington.nationals.mlb.com 12/23/2008 — WASHINGTON -- The Nationals let it be known during the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas that free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira was their No. 1 target. The team thought he could be a difference-maker for an offense that struggled this past season.  ...

The Nationals Offer Teixeira A Crazy Deal...
oriolepost.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Take this for what it's worth -- however, if this is true, this could be the beginning of one craziest player courtships I have ever seen. Since I have seen this on the Nationals official website, we have to take as gospel. It looks like someone has ...

Teixeira Gave Yanks A Discount
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/25/2008 — From Roch Kubatko : Anyway, just one more note on Mark Teixeira: I've heard from a reliable source that the first baseman turned down about $5 million more from the Nationals to sign with the Yankees. And the Nats would have gone higher, but were never given the chance. Teixeira jumped at ...

Nationals extend offer to Teixeira - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 12/10/2008 — LAS VEGAS The Washington Nationals have stepped boldly into the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, making an offer to the free agent first baseman for seven years and $150 million, a highly placed baseball source said Wednesday morning. With the New York ...

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 ...

Teixeira Goes to Washington?
oriolepost.blogspot.com 12/23/2008 — Well, I think we may have a reason why the Teixeira sweepstakes dubbed by some on internet "As The Teixeira Turns" has gone on and on from a posting from MASN's Roch Kubatko just a few hours ago. And, yes, it involves the team to the south -- the ...

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 ...

Teixeira announcement Tuesday
washingtontimes.com 12/23/2008 — Thom Loverro ( Contact ) Tuesday, December 23, 2008 A major league baseball source has told The Washington Times' Thom Loverro that there will be an announcement today regarding the future of free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira . While the source ...

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 ...

Mark Teixeira Turns Down The Washington Nationals In Favor Of The Evil Empire...The New York Yankees.
federalbaseball.com 12/24/2008 — Well...let's see how the DC Faithful react to the news... Mark Teixeira signs with the New York Yankees for a reported 8-years and $180M. I'll admit it, whether or not I thought it was a good idea, I was starting to believe. Especially after ...

Source: Red Sox Getting Closer to Teixeira Deal — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
The Red Sox are making progress in their quest to sign free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, according to a major-league source. "Headway was being made earlier today," one source said. A rival general manager whose plans could be affected by ...

Finally, Stuff Happens — Nationals Journal 12/11/2008
To review: The Teixeira tap dance really heated up yesterday in Vegas. Now we're gettin' somewhere! Some morning reading, in case you missed any of this... First, Dave's final story. (Editor's note: Whoa, that sounds ominous. I meant Dave's final ...

Mark Teixeira a Point of Interest for Yankees? — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
The Yankees, who are pressing for pitching and have money to burn, have re-entered the Mark Teixeira Sweepstakes. It had been presumed that the Yankees were concentrating only on starting pitching for the moment, but they aren't about to ...

NL East : Mets Phillies and Nats ? — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
Most people will tell you that the Mets and Phillies are the only teams in the NL east race , but now the Nationals are trying to get in the race , they offered the switch-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira a eight-year, $160 million ...

The Meetings End, the Teixeira Chase Goes On — Nationals Journal 12/11/2008
The taxi line outside the Bellagio Hotel is long, as most executives prepare to depart Las Vegas. (Jim Bowden, the Nats' GM, didn't even wait for the Rule 5 Draft to conclude before heading for the airport.) This week, the traditional Vegas goodbye ...