tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015590678027290084.post4654202573218703408..comments2009-06-16T12:04:40.787-07:00Comments on Suicide Squeeze Blog: Teixeira Taking Heat off A-RodSuicide Squeeze Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164716366838628052noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015590678027290084.post-80335923363459138152009-06-16T12:04:40.787-07:002009-06-16T12:04:40.787-07:00Texeira is the best the Yankees have had at first ...Texeira is the best the Yankees have had at first since Mattingly's glory years. Even in his long April slump, his fielding was superb. I remember him winning one game by throwing a runner out at third. How often do first basemen do that? More recently it was largely lost in the thumping Luis Castillo took for his dropped pop up that gave the Yanks a win over the Mets in the Subway Series, that Texeira was running full out on an infield pop up. Are there 5 players in baseball that would have been running like that in that situation? Texeira is among the best all round players I've ever seen, far better that ARod.James Ruggiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12765812569476632718noreply@blogger.com