in case you are under 35…

A+++++ would do business again

glad he made this stance.

this song to hold on to.

who read this and thought:

My Sharona had an ABAB rhyme scheme and not AABB?

is Tex really going to the NAT’S?

Rev, you are very creative! Nicely done.

That said, the Angels’ roster is WORSE today than when the poorly executed bunt ended the season. The team is NOT better without Frankie, and is certainly NOT better without Tex. The teams around us are getting stronger, we’re not.

Votto or Gonzales; forget trying to add pitching until the most significant weakness on the team is addressed.

…at what point does his name officially change from U-Haul to U-Whore?

For a guy who could really make a push for Hall credentials with a team that he leads (like the Angels, where he would be the only player of his calibre in his prime), he sure seems more concerned about a couple extra milion dollars to play in the cellar for a team that no one watches.

I get that money is important, but I would think that after a certain threshold (say, $150 million) you might take into account things like personal bias, team chemistry, odds of winning, management, etc. This game of chicken Boras plays, in which he packages players as some kind of all-encompassing product and then stokes interest where there is none in an attempt to drive salary numbers, is ludicrous, and I’m glad the Angels are done. He had his time. He’s a great player and I owuld have lvoed to see him in Angel red, but the Angels have a lot of young players and role-players ready for their chance, and I’m ready to let Wood, Morales, and Rivera prove themselves.

“It’s called negotiation” & “Mark is entitled to get as much money as he can”. “Scott is doing his job.” “I wish I had Scott for my agent”.

I’ve been saying all along that this guy is greedy. And none of these players are entitled to have long term contracts for ridiculous money. If you want to pay the guy for a couple of years…mad jack, than fine, but to say I need mad jack guaranteed for 8 to 10 years…GET REAL !

Now that it appears obvious that the Angels aren’t going to get him, I am reading a bunch of whiney bitchy posts from a bunch of hipocrits.

Mark is only doing what so many of you said is okay to do. So as long as he ends up with the Angels it’s okay????

Kudos to ARTE for being a man of his word. Something that just isn’t heard of in this day and age. The Angels look better for NOT signing him and sticking to their principles and I hope Arte has a “nice interview” for all of baseball to listen to.

http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2008/12/22/ma-ma-ma-mark-teixeira/8522/
 It’s Halos Heaven, not Halo Heaven.

“No Teixeira, no cry”

Tex and the rest of the team to go into next season with a bitterness in their mouth and a chip on their shoulder. That’s why we won in ‘02, we wanted it more and refused to lose. The team that plays the best wins, not the team with the best players. But having Tex makes everyone around him play better so it’s a little bit of both. We need clutch guys who show up in OCTOBER. Look at the Red Sox and their clutch guys like Youk, Pedroia, Papi and even Manny. Look at that Yankee run in the late ’90’s with guys like Tino Martinez, Jeter, Brosius, Posada. We won in ’02 with guys like Erstad, Glaus, Spiezo, Eck, etc. We need guys who show up when it counts and play their best when it matters.