POLL: MARK TEIXEIRA A YANKEE

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2008 3:38 PM PST Comment 35 comments

How do you feel about the Mark Teixeira signing by the Yankees?

I, personally, am sad that he will not be on the Angels in 2009. However, I am very happy that he will not be on the Red Sox. The Yankees have had little success with throwing big money at the top free agents, so I believe that this one has a good chance of flopping for them, as well.

Please fill out your vote for the poll and if your vote is not listed in the choices, go ahead and voice your opinion in the thread.

Poll

Mark Teixeira is now a Yankee, what does it mean?

It means the Angels are dead due to no off-season moves or big FA signings

186 votes

It means that the Yankees are a lock to win the World Series.

24 votes

It means that the Red Sox are bigger losers than the Angels.

289 votes

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Ha Im actually more relieved he went to the Yanks instead of the Red Sux

12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 23, 2008 4:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

We're the losers

In your poll, I think we’re the bigger losers. We lose a huge piece of our lineup and we’re not replacing him at all. Boston will survive just fine w/o Teix.

However….THANK YOU STEINBRENNERS!!!!!!!! I don’t even mind losing out on Teix now. I’m just thankful that he didn’t go to Boston.

Christmas miracle.

by Sethy on Dec 23, 2008 4:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Then your vote falls here:

It means the Angels are dead due to no off-season moves or big FA signings

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think we're dead

But we’re the biggest FA losers

by Sethy on Dec 24, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's the 23rd, therefore it is a Festivus miracle.

"The Sandpeople are easily startled but they will soon be back and in greater numbers."

by Fan Since 1981 on Dec 23, 2008 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Where's the "it means baseball needs a salary cap" option?

Or the “it means Hank Steinbrennar should be murdered” option?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 23, 2008 4:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

More likely Hal should be murdered. He is far more vocal.

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 23, 2008 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hank is the vocal one

with seemingly less power. Hal is the silent but deadly one.

GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can

by Moondoggy on Dec 23, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes. I stand corrected

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 23, 2008 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You mean he smells worse?

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Dec 23, 2008 8:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

correctomondo

GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can

by Moondoggy on Dec 28, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Amen, brother.

To the salary cap part. Not so much the murder part.

I don't know...I'm makin' this up as I go.

by ArkAngel on Dec 23, 2008 4:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

How about a salary FLOOR?

One team had a $25M payroll last year? Pathetic.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2008 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

They were very competitive. The marlins, right?

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 23, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait a minute?

Did you just make a 180?

LINK – to – CKOD AGAINST A CAP

Or was it merely Costas’ version you objected to.

Snippet:
To clarify one comment his support of a salary cap will never fly with me. Salary floor, sure, I can buy it. I won’t buy into capping, however.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2008 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No

I was just asking where the option was, as was clamored for in the other thread.

I would have voted for the murder option.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 23, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

BOHICA Boston

That is what this means to me.

Bend
Over
Here
It
Comes
Again

The Yanks will rape you like they raped for entirety minus the last 8 years or so.

Hell their bitch of an owner is already crying. He said they have been working to bridge the gap, and the Yankees new stadium separates them yet again.

Boo Frickin Hoo

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 23, 2008 4:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Damn dude! Can't we spread the hate a little evenly between the Yanks & the Sux

I see your angle. Let the Yanks win so that we can face them in the playoffs. We have owned the Yanks and we are in their heads.

The Red Sox fans are far more annoying than Yankee fans. Hell, all fans from Boston are annoying. Pats fans, out of the closet Celtic fans….nothing like a bunch of spoiled drunks with fucked up annoying accents. Hell, I don’t even think that most Angel fans have problems with the Red Sox players. They play the game right and they have the right attitudes.

The main reason Yankee fans are annoying is because half of them aren’t even from NY & were born here in SoCal. At least with true Yankee fans they can admit the Angels own them (something Sux fans go out of there way to point out to us in our stadium). The Yankees have players that are not very popular outside of NY and come across as arrogant because of “the pinstripes”.

More respect to most Yankee fans/ more respect to the current Sox players.

We still have the best owner in Baseball who has consistantly put a very competitive team on the field. Teams which should have gone to the WS but have imploded.

When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!

by Dono Romantico on Dec 23, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No. Boston fan is infinitely worse than Yankee fan.

I hate that franchise, I hate their fans and since 2004 I consider them and it to be the most obnoxious piece of shit in professional sports.

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 24, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

my dislike for their fans started in 1995 ...

I had season seats that year at the Big A … those fans talked so much more smack that Yankee fans. Yet, they had nothing to back it up. At least the Yankee fans had 2 dozen or so titles to back up the smack talk.

by Downing Rules on Dec 24, 2008 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This paragraph

I could use find and replace and insert the Red Sox in there and it does not lose any meaning

This is the worst offseason in years. I do not even want to talk about it.

by hauldog on Dec 24, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

All i really have to say to tex is...

good riddance and dont let the door hit you on the way out

Go gettem next year, what have we got to lose--Frankie?

by AnaheimHalos61 on Dec 23, 2008 5:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Ya' Know...

Texeira was only here for two months. Boo-Hoo, he’s gone. Yes we saw what the halos offense COULD be like. But come playoff time the April thru June Angels reared their ugly heads, even with Tex. As a team they have to do something about that BA w/ RISP. One guy wont change that. The Angels LOB numbers in the ’08 playoffs were just pathetic! The Halos need some folks to step up and produce Spiezio/Glaus ’02 post-season RBI numbers again!! As I recall Tex had exactly ONE ribbie in the ’08 post season.

by bojax22 on Dec 23, 2008 7:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

not his fault..........

more like Aybar, Figgy and GA’s problem……Teix cant knock em in if they dont get on themselves.

12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 23, 2008 10:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It seems like every offseason

the Yankees sign the premier players. And everytime they have done it, my natural reaction was to think they are a lock to win the WS. Signing Tex is no different. Just look at their lineup and their new pitching. How Can They Lose?

But, for whatever reason, the Yankees have consistantly wasted their highest salary / most talented players and come up short of getting to the WS, let alone winning it. Is this the season for them to buy their WS???

I would love to know what Joe Torre is saying about the Yankees right now. Thank God this is a team sport.

When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!

by Dono Romantico on Dec 23, 2008 8:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You know who I'm glad is still an Angel?

Maicer Izturis

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Dec 23, 2008 9:57 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

Rec'd

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Dec 23, 2008 11:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You know who won the world series not that long ago?

Us. Then go back a while and try to see where a big free agent signing made a difference.

We’re not better without Tex. Our lineup has some serious holes. We can pitch (and I mean, WE CAN PITCH) but we’re not better without Tex. I’m sure we’ll do something this offseason besides the Juan Rivera steal, but as it stands now we’re the favorites in our division. As a matter of fact, we’re better on paper than our 2002 team. We can always make a trade at the deadline without mortgaging 8 friggin years and a lot of our players will be better with age (and some worse, but we did seal the division without Tex).

We’re in for a fun ride. And we’re one of the only teams in baseball without horrible long term contracts that doom us (Little Matthews is only on the books for another 3 years at a sum that’s a poor value, but manageable). If there’s one thing this whole thing proves is that we’ll be in this for years to come because we won’t be taken for a ride.

And mark my words, the team in July will be a lot better than the team we see on paper now, one way or another.

by JAP on Dec 23, 2008 10:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks...

I was hoping someone would say that. Tex is a good player, but I can live without him. I still wasn’t thrilled about trading Kotch to get him, but that’s water under the bridge. I’m glad we didn’t sign the team into long-term slavery for one guy. We’ll be fine.

by thetooth on Dec 24, 2008 7:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I know I've got to get over this

But, would it have been so terrible to overpay Tex by $5 million per year? The way I figure it, we’re overpaying GMJ by about $5 million per year.

by 10 27 02 on Dec 23, 2008 10:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

This isn't your money

and $5 million over the next 3 years (granted, we weren’t that much above Juice Jr.‘s other offers) isn’t the same as expanding it over 8 years.

I love Tex as much as anyone else, but in the off season before 2017, ask me if Tex is worth $22 million. Especially when you remove the vacuum and can see Morales, Wood and a host of others we don’t know about inside and outside the organization.

I would gladly have Tex, but this is hardly a death blow and we’re not on the inside. I think we can be allowed to trust just this once.

by JAP on Dec 24, 2008 1:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I hope Morales, Wood, etc. step up and make an impact

But the track record of Angels prospects excelling at the major league level has been rather disappointing lately.

I'm still not over losing Tex.

by 10 27 02 on Dec 24, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What the hell did Teix do wrong?

The guy kicked ass while with us. Sure, we all wanted a bit more of a productive off-season but the guy was a stand-up player while with us. He hustled, knocked balls out of the park, was competitive and gave us all something to write about. So he went with the money. Big deal. Like none of us wouldnt do the same.

I am bummed to see him go but that is just the way things go. I go not hate for him and I am 99 percent sure I wont see him showing up on page six of the NY Post with Madonna like a certain new team mate of his. Hes a great, stand-up player. No hard feelings.

Now lets kick his new teams ass.

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Dec 23, 2008 11:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs