It seems that the Red Sox and Mark Teixeira have a decade-long history that goes back to the 1998 draft. According to Justin Sablich, Boston tried to draft and sign Teixeira in the first round, and when the then-18-year-old expressed his desire to go to college, the Red Sox made sure Teixeira wasn’t drafted by anyone else. A jilted lover — or, in this case, a first baseman — never forgets.
River Ave. Blues » A lover spurned
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