In an attempt to try to collect money to help pay for CC Sabathia’s and Mark Teixeira’s salaries, the New York Yankees are going to offer $0.25 bleacher seats on April 3rd and 4th against the Chicago Cubs. Grandstand tickets will be selling at $1.10. Both prices match the ticket price for the opener against [...]
Yankees add Teixeira
Dec. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
How much money can one baseball franchise spend in a single offseason? It seems the Yankees are trying to find out. The Yankees have now signed first baseman Mark Teixeira to a reported eight-year $180 million deal. He joins CC Sabathia (seven-year, $161 million) and A.J. Burnett (five-year, $82.5 million) as high-priced free agent additions [...]
Red Sox give up on Teixeira
Dec. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
In a disappointing upset added to an even more disappointingly upsetting winter of un-action, the Red Sox announced the team was not a contender in obtaining star slugger Mark Teixeira. In an e-mail to Boston media from Sox owner John Henry Thursday night, he explained that “we met with Mr. Teixeira and were very much [...]
