We might know as early as Thursday if Mark Teixeira’s booming double in the ninth inning was just the jolt he needed to get his sleepy bat going or if it was a mere Band-Aid on another night to forget for the Yankees’ $180 million first baseman.
But one thing is certain - Teixeira is frustrated after two consecutive bad games, especially after he took several off-balance swings in Wednesday night’s 7-5 loss to the Orioles. The switch-hitter was especially critical of his lefty swing - the double came when he was batting righthanded against lefty closer George Sherrill - which had looked crisp last weekend when he smacked two homers in an exhibition game against the Cubs in the Bronx.
“It makes me a little mad because I’ve been feeling so good all spring with my lefty swing and my last two at-bats at Yankee Stadium I crushed two balls and I come here and I can’t hit anything,” Teixeira said. Read more..
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