Announced this morning, not that we didn't already suspect this. Reported by Olney and others. The end of an era.
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I have it at $126.6M, you forgot to include his first season in NY, 2009.Fangraphs puts the value they got out of his $180MM contract at $93.9MM (and falling). What a disaster of a contract, and I'm glad the Red Sox whiffed on that one.
Last year of his deal, and he is retiring because he doesn't want to try to play anywhere else, and it's increasingly clear (to him) that NY doesn't want him back.Is this the last year of his contract or does retiring allow the Yankees to get from under his last year(s)?
Tony Mazz must be devastated.
What's the timeline on his number being retired?Last year of his deal, and he is retiring because he doesn't want to try to play anywhere else, and it's increasingly clear (to him) that NY doesn't want him back.
Whoops. I plugged it into Excel and ignored the first row because it had copied 2008, but now that I look again it didn't copy the full row and I was ignoring 2009. My bad.I have it at $126.6M, you forgot to include his first season in NY, 2009.
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Well, PAs isn't really as fair to use as ABs (153) there, but he was definitely pretty bad in most of the postseason series he played in.Nine career playoff XBH in 183 PAs. That's uh not so good.
Why does every player get an "era"? Was Teixeira really so dominant for such a long period of time that he's one of the of the first players you think about during his playing days?Announced this morning, not that we didn't already suspect this. Reported by Olney and others. The end of an era.
Why does every player get an "era"? Was Teixeira really so dominant for such a long period of time that he's one of the of the first players you think about during his playing days?
He had a really fine career. But an era?
Let A-Rod come along, two for one.So is it to late to put together the Farewell Tour?
Probably walking around with a long face today.Tony Mazz must be devastated.
At least he was smart enough to refuse the Yanks offer of a transfer to Japan.So what farm is he being sent out to for stud?
Old Man Knacker'sSo what farm is he being sent out to for stud?
He's almost certainly not a Hall of Famer, he's kind of similar to Mattingly in that they were both Hall of Fame-level talents whose careers were cut short by injury/ies, and thus they came up short of HoF numbers.
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I knew you would get there.
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/23/sports/mattingly-says-farewell-and-so-does-his-number.html
Which inspired this really wonderful "headline" on another board:Sobbing his ass off at the press conference
Ahh ok, not DD, thank you for that. Yeah, it was all over money (he essentially said to teams "I'm a first rounder or its Ga Tech for me," iirc) but making it about the Red Sox guy cursing at them has always struck me as funny.It wasn't DD. The scout was trying to lowball Tex by (essentially) saying he wasn't that great and he should take whatever the Sox offer him.
Counting stats?He's almost certainly not a Hall of Famer, he's kind of similar to Mattingly in that they were both Hall of Fame-level talents whose careers were cut short by injury/ies, and thus they came up short of HoF numbers.
Katie Sharp @ktsharp 5m5 minutes ago
1st baseman w/ 8 straight seasons of 30+ HR and 100+ RBI:
Mark Teixeira
Lou Gehrig
Jimmie Foxx
They probably read the first four words and thought DL stintWhich inspired this really wonderful "headline" on another board:
Mark Teixeira breaks down during retirement press conference