Comments on: Mark Teixeira returns, is hitting seventh http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:28:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-307726 Tue, 29 May 2012 02:23:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-307726 he had a couple of good games…check back in 4 months. I hope he gets back to were he was in his first Yankee year. But logic tells me otherwise.

]]> By: brian32556 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-307447 Sun, 27 May 2012 22:11:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-307447 How are those stats looking now?!!!!

]]> By: stex52 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-305284 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:19:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-305284 I looked up the stats; not that familiar with his time with the Yankees (NL and all). I have to say that – at least up to this year – he has very solid 1st base stats. Not worth 22MM$ per year, but good. Now, I don’t know about the next four years.

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-305026 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:27:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-305026 2009 NYY 156 609 103 178 43 3 39 122 81 114 2 0 .383 .565 .948 .292
2010 NYY 158 601 113 154 36 0 33 108 93 122 0 1 .365 .481 .846 .256
2011 NYY 156 589 90 146 26 1 39 111 76 110 4 1 .341 .494 .835 .248
2012 NYY 39 150 18 34 9 0 5 20 11 20 1 1 .280 .387 .667 .227

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-305008 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:05:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-305008 typical. DB. I have plenty of times. But why reminisce if there’s not hint of going back?

]]> By: brian32556 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304944 Tue, 22 May 2012 13:56:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304944 Look at his baseball card douchebag.

]]> By: steeler999 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304882 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:12:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304882 The slows starts and decreasing batting average is bad enough, but feel free to throw in a clutch hit every now and then. I have a bad feeling that Teixeira & A-rod will be the highest paid, least productive teammates over the next few years.

]]> By: RickyB http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304817 Tue, 22 May 2012 02:30:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304817 If only it had rained tonight …

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304806 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:36:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304806 I remember the day. I was so happy. Now, not so much….

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304803 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:13:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304803 back to what. a solid .240 hitter?

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304799 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:02:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304799 mostly a reputation thing. With every ball hit to his right, he takes a step to first base, as he expects Cano to range/reach 45 ft in the hole.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304764 Mon, 21 May 2012 22:41:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304764

Hitting seventh which, while something he hasn’t done for a while, is more befitting his recent production.

Nonsense, I have not yet begun to defile myself
-Doc/Tex

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304763 Mon, 21 May 2012 22:40:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304763 Jason Giambi with NYY:
.260/.404/.521/.925 – 143 OPS+ averaging 30 HR a year. Teixeira has hit those #s once with the Yanks.

]]> By: steelymcbeam6 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304757 Mon, 21 May 2012 22:31:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304757 I hate that fucking mouth breather

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304741 Mon, 21 May 2012 22:00:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304741 Great defense, but can’t hit. It seems if he’s not striking out, he’s hitting into double plays. I don’t know what the answer is for him, but as another poster said, it feels like Jason Giambi all over again.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304738 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304738 Whatever that is inflaming his lungs, must also be effecting his eyesight. He’s apparently unable to see all those fielders sitting on the side that he pulls to.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304733 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:41:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304733 Teixeira is a fine baseball player and a decent person; however, that 8 year $180 million contract that the Yankees forced on him seems to be a tad excessive. It will be very difficult for him to produce numbers on the field that match what one would expect from an $180 million ball player.

]]> By: psuravens19 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304718 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:11:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304718 The only difference is Tex is a Gold Glover 1st basemen…

]]> By: mybrunoblog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304717 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:10:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304717 Craig I almost forgot. It would add to the drama of the Teixeira coughing blood story if the chambermaid had a British accent.

]]> By: mybrunoblog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304715 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:07:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304715 Funny post Craig. Awesome weird quality about the “master” and “coughing blood” that cracked me up.
About Teixeira he will never publicly admit it but he has to be a bit embarrassed to be dropped to 7th. Can’t blame Girardi though. Tex has been brutal. Who knows, maybe this will help him focus and find his stroke.

]]> By: brian32556 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304712 Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304712 He’ll be back!

]]> By: 1943mrmojorisin1971 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304710 Mon, 21 May 2012 20:58:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304710 I was less than thrilled when the Yankees scooped him up after it looked like the Sox might sign him. These last couple of years have helped make that pain go away.

]]> By: drewsylvania http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304709 Mon, 21 May 2012 20:56:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304709 And a decline that started five years ahead of JG.

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/mark-teixeira-returns-is-hitting-seventh/comment-page-1/#comment-304698 Mon, 21 May 2012 20:39:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=149513#comment-304698 He has become Jason Giambi, with a worse OBP.

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