http://shysterball.blogspot.com/2008/08/os-fans-dont-know-whats-good-for-them.html

The gist of the article seems to be that if the Orioles sign Teixeira, it will contradict the work Andy MacPhail has been doing to build the Orioles from the bottom up by reverting to Peter Angelos free-spending ways.

I don't know I necessarily buy that.  Although I would go after Adam Dunn, who probably cost less money for similar offensive output, the Orioles will eventually have to sign somebody who didn't come up through their own system and Teixeira is young enough that he could meld nicely with the young players who will be coming up in the next few years and still have some productivity in him when the O's are ready to compete.