Innovators will strike out time and again. But baseball—and the World Series—remind us of the value of resilience Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees struck out against pitcher Ryan Madson of the Philadelphia Phillies to end... [read full story]
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Yankees first baseman better adjust to longer season because he’s likely to have many more before career in New York is over The tabloid press is the conscience of the New York sports fan. So when one of them yesterday ran the...
Yankees first baseman better adjust to longer season because he’s likely to have many more before career in New York is over The tabloid press is the conscience of the New York sports fan. So when one of them yesterday ran the...
— All Tuesday it monopolized the New York conversation. As the day wore on, as collars on Yankee fans grew just tight enough to make the big city squirm, "three days' rest" began sounding more and more like three hours' rest.
For whatever reason, Mark Teixeira has looked like a shell of himself at the plate during the postseason. Maybe he's over anxious. Yeah, that has to be it. But the cold, hard truth is every player not named Derek Jeter is a bit...
Kevin Long pointed out where the slumping Mark Teixeira ranked among the Yankees to start his batting cage work yesterday. “He was the first one here,” said the Yankees hitting coach, “which says a lot about Mark Teixeira. It...
Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts to striking out against the New York Yankees in the eigth inning of Game Three of the 2009 MLB World Series. (Nick Laham/Getty Images) NEW YORK — The offense has spiked in the...
By Matt Gelb Inquirer Staff Writer NEW YORK - Mark Teixeira says he doesn't want to make excuses, but he'll admit that the postseason schedule has not been conducive to his going on a hot streak at the plate. I don't know....
NEW YORK - Derek Jeter has teased Mark Teixeira about his rigid regimen, about his robotic approach to the daily grind of baseball. With Jeter electrifying atop the lineup and with Alex Rodriguez having shaken the A-Fraud...
By CHAD JENNINGS • For the Courier-Post • November 4, 2009 NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira doubled Monday night in Philadelphia. It was Teixeira's first hit since a home run in World Series Game 2, and that home run had been his only...
DAVID J. PHILLIP Associated Press Mark Teixeira, who signed an eight-year, $180 million contract with the New York Yankees in January, is batting .172 this postseason. NEW YORK – A high-priced slugger is having a hard time in...
