03/29: Teixeira: Red Sox Media Negotiations Pushed Me Away
Posted by: Patrick
Steve Silva of the Boston Globe has some quotes from a WFAN interview with Mark Teixeira. In the interview, he says that he and his agent were clear, with any clubs interested in his services, that he would not negotiate through the media and asked that they also not do so.
The Yankees "were really the only team that did that," according to the first baseman. Specifically, the article centers around the fact that the Red Sox didn't and Teixeira says that it helped to impact his decision.
"... I think in the end, it probably worked against [the Red Sox] a little bit, because everyone thought the Red Sox were [my] No. 1, but in reality, the Yankees were gonna be the team, like I said all along, if all things were equal, the Yankees were the place that I wanted to go," Teixeira said. "It made the most sense for my family. It made the most sense for me and my career and where I wanted to go. Being a Yankee and wearing the pinstripes into the new Yankee Stadium, it doesn't get any better than that. They had a leg up all along."
Via Steve.
The Yankees "were really the only team that did that," according to the first baseman. Specifically, the article centers around the fact that the Red Sox didn't and Teixeira says that it helped to impact his decision.
"... I think in the end, it probably worked against [the Red Sox] a little bit, because everyone thought the Red Sox were [my] No. 1, but in reality, the Yankees were gonna be the team, like I said all along, if all things were equal, the Yankees were the place that I wanted to go," Teixeira said. "It made the most sense for my family. It made the most sense for me and my career and where I wanted to go. Being a Yankee and wearing the pinstripes into the new Yankee Stadium, it doesn't get any better than that. They had a leg up all along."
Via Steve.
