Parkies have always rubbed me the wrong way.

There’s another quote where he says Mattingley was cooler than Cal.

wah wah my wife told me what to do, grow a pair and put some pants on.

Fuck this asshole.

and I would wear a Yankees hat"…“and then 80’s child and lifetime O’s fan sickuvitall would slap me around and take my hat and piss on it.”

LOTS of BS revisionist history and PC sound bites in his press conference. I think he would have loved to come to BAL if we were any good. Otherwise, he would have only came here if we outbidded everyone by a good $20 to $30M.

What Teixeira said: “I would go to Orioles games … and I would wear a Yankees hat. Back in the ‘80s and ’90s, that wasn’t a safe thing to do in Baltimore.”

What Teixeira meant: “Other things that were unsafe to do in Baltimore in the ’80s and ’90s: wearing an Orioles hat, wearing no hat, wearing hair, wearing a face.”

What Teixeira said:“This [free-agency] process was confusing at times.”

What Teixeira meant: “I couldn’t wrap my head around it. I was like, ‘How many commas are in this dollar figure? Wait, this number doesn’t include decimals? $180 million? I don’t know whether I can comprehend that much money! What would it look like? Could I roll around naked in it? Could I swim in a huge silo full of gold bullion like Scrooge McDuck? Or would diving into it like he did be quite painful? Can I use twenties to light cigars? Or would that be gauche? Should I use hundreds instead?”

What Teixeira said: “Finally [my wife] said, ‘I want you to be a Yankee.’ That’s when it was done. Once we got the contract figured out, it was a no-brainer to me.”

What Teixeira meant: “Yeah, once the Yankees offered me $180 million, I was more than happy to go along with my wife’s wishes. Just yesterday, she said, ‘Mark, I want you to take the trash out.’ And I will, just as soon as she pays me $180 million.”

What Teixeira said: “I think everyone is going to miss Yankee Stadium, but the new Yankee Stadium is going to create some memories that we’ll all remember for a long time.”

What Teixeira meant: “A Yankees fan came up to me today and said, ’I’m so excited that we signed you. I bought five tickets for my family for Opening Day, and it maxed out my $12,000-limit credit card. I’ll have to pay for that for a long time.’ It’s neat to think that he’ll remember that day for the next 15 years or so every month when his bill arrives.”

What Teixeira said: “It took Scott [Boras] and I probably a month just to narrow it down to five teams that we would want to negotiate with.”

What Teixeira meant: “It was weird. We discovered there were 25 teams that decided they didn’t want to commit $22.5 million per season to me for eight years in this economy. So we’re like, ‘Well, if that’s how you are going to be, you are not someone we want to negotiate with. So there.’”

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I could have cared less about him signing with the Yankees before, but I really hate this dude now. He’s totally lying and a jerk.

Also, it was never “unsafe” to wear a Yankees hat at either Memorial Stadium or Camden Yards. That’s just total B.S. Wearing an Oriole hat at Yankee Stadium on the other hand…

From now on however, I predict it will be unsafe to wear a Mark Teixeira jersey in Baltimore, especially if you happen to be Mark Teixeira.

Courtesy of The Dugout. The writer is an O’s fan, so it’s fair and balanced.

Because I have a one track mind…Tex’s wife is slamming. A tall drink of water she is. She couldn’t convince me to play for the janks, but still… Anyone know where I can scoop $180MM, and get a dish like that?

Even if it is completely irrational. I think I was actually starting to grow somewhat indifferent to them. Even found myself defending them from time to time.

…check out who #2 is on Tex’s “similar batters” list on baseball reference. Maybe the future will be brighter than we think for Yankee-haters:

Similar Batters

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   1. Miguel Cabrera (915)
   2. Glenn Davis (884)
   3. Zeke Bonura (883)
   4. Bob Horner (882)
   5. Ripper Collins (881)
   6. Don Hurst (880)
   7. Kevin Mitchell (878)
   8. Aubrey Huff (875)
   9. Dick Stuart (871)
  10. Richard Hidalgo (871)

He’s not worth the money. He’s good but not clutch. Starts the year slow, doesn’t play well in cold weather. So it takes him forever to get going. When he does, look out but it might not be until July.

I actually saw him play more in college when he was at GT. I only saw him play 3rd in college. He was terrible. Texas did the right thing by moving him to 1st.

For some reason, the Orioles were always my American League team…when are you going to bring back the Jim Palmer hats?