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You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide.

Mark Teixeira

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Mark Teixeira
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 11
Baseball Player
Annapolis
Maryland
Mark Charles Teixeira
Stop
Working
Back
Never
Slide
Complacent
Slides
Season
Seasons

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