The Odd Couple? Hardly. They became friends in Texas, and are both Scott Boras clients.
When Alex Rodriguez rejoined the Yankees in Baltimore in May, they had lunch together "and talked about some things," A-Rod said. Teixeira had struggled in his first five weeks.
A-Rod homered in his first at-bat, Teixeira started hitting, ...
and they have become a potent 1-2 punch in the middle of the lineup. "It's a pretty unbelievable feeling as a manager when you get to put those two guys in your lineup every day," Joe Girardi said.When Alex Rodriguez rejoined the Yankees in Baltimore in May, they had lunch together "and talked about some things," A-Rod said. Teixeira had struggled in his first five weeks.
A-Rod homered in his first at-bat, Teixeira started hitting, ...
Rodriguez hit his biggest post-season homer as a Yankee, tying the game against Joe Nathan tonight. (probably his second biggest hit was an extra-inning hit off Nathan in Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS).
Teixeira, who singled before A-Rod's homer, won the game with a homer in the 11th. So both earned their pinstripes on the same night.
"You can enjoy it for a couple of hours," Teixeira said, "but if you don't take care of business, it loses it's magic, I think."
It's on to Minneapolis. I'll be there by mid-afternoon Saturday and begin posting ASAP. See you then.
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