Slide over, Steve Garvey. It seems one other former Main League Baseball slugger with Southland ties will run for political workplace.
Mark Teixeira, who batted a sturdy .358 in a two-month stint with the Angels in 2008 earlier than signing a longterm profitable contract with the New York Yankees, introduced his marketing campaign for Texas’ twenty first Congressional District within the U.S. Home on Wednesday.
Teixeira, an avowed conservative who has lived in or close to Dallas a lot of his grownup life, stated he’s “prepared to assist defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas households, and particular person liberty.”
Garvey can be a Republican, and he misplaced in a landslide to Democrat Adam Schiff for California’s open seat within the U.S. Senate final November. Regardless of being a beloved former Dodgers nice, Garvey, 75, held few public occasions and struggled to realize traction with voters in a state that has not elected a Republican to statewide workplace in practically twenty years.
Not like Garvey, Teixeira, 45, is working in a closely Republican district that Chip Roy received by 26% of the vote in November. Teixeira’s announcement follows Roy’s resolution to not search re-election as a result of he’s working for the workplace of the Texas Lawyer Common.
Teixeira, a former first baseman, performed 14 seasons for 4 MLB groups — the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Angels and Yankees. He retired after the 2016 season with 409 profession residence runs.
The Angels acquired him from the Braves in a commerce late within the 2008 season, and he helped them to the one 100-win season in franchise historical past by hitting 13 residence runs and driving in 43 runs whereas batting .358 in 54 video games.
Teixeira additionally carried out nicely within the American League Division Collection, batting .467 with a .550 on-base proportion, though the Angels fell in 4 video games to the Boston Purple Sox. He was a free agent after the season and Angels proprietor Arte Moreno provided him $160 million over eight years earlier than retracting the supply two weeks later.
A number of different groups made related if no more profitable gives, and Teixeira signed with the Yankees for $180 million over eight years. The slugging switch-hitter helped New York to the 2009 World Collection championship, main the AL with 39 homers and 122 runs batted in.
The Yankees defeated the Angels within the AL Championship Collection earlier than beating the Philadelphia Phillies within the World Collection. The next season, Teixeira spoke extremely of the Angels regardless of leaving Anaheim for the greener pastures of New York.
“I hope there are not any onerous emotions between Arte and myself,” Teixeira instructed The Instances’ Mike DiGiovanna. “I cherished that group. Arte, [Manager Mike] Scioscia, it’s firstclass, high to backside. However your spouse and youngsters being glad is extra vital than your private needs.”
