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To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.
Mark Teixeira
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Mark Teixeira
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 11
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Mark Charles Teixeira
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If I can be a good person and help a few non-believers or even help people that are believers but need a little help along the way, I think that's a job that I take very seriously.
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I was always a neat kid. I never wanted my hands dirty. I wasn't a dirty kid. A lot of kids like to run around. If I was rolling around the dirt, I went home and took a shower. That's just the way I was. I'm not sure. I might have been born with it.
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Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.
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God has forgiven everything that I've ever done. If someone does something to hurt my family or me, I can always forgive them. It keeps hate and anger out of my heart.
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I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and come up with big hits.
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I've been very fortunate to play for four great organizations, but New York really takes the cake. Wearing the pinstripes is something that's very special to me, and it's the greatest organization in sports history.
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There's no question that I love playing in Texas. I love the fans. I love everything about Texas.
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I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!
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My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.
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I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].
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