Ex-Angels star Mark Teixeira announces congressional campaign in Texas
Slide, Steve Garvey. It seems that another former slugger of the major baseball league with Southland Ties will take place for a political bureau.
Mark Teixeira, who struck a robust 0.358 in a two -month visit with the Angels in 2008 before signing a long -term lucrative contract with New York Yankees, his campaign for the 21st District of Texas at the Congress in the American house announced on Wednesday.
Teixeira, a confessive conservative who lived in Dallas or close to a large part of his adult life, said that he was “ready to help defend the first program of President Trump, the families of Texas and individual freedom”.
Garvey is also a republican, and he lost in a landslide against the Democrat Adam Schiff for the open headquarters of California in the American Senate last November. Despite being a former beloved dodgers, Garvey, 75, organized few public events and had trouble gaining ground with voters in a state that has not elected a republican at a state-of-scale office for almost two decades.
Unlike Garvey, Teixeira, 45, presents himself in a strongly republican district that Chip Roy won by 26% of the votes in November. Teixeira’s announcement follows Roy’s decision not to request his re -election because he presents himself for the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
Teixeira, a former first goal player, played 14 seasons for four MLB teams – Les Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Angels and Yankees. He retired after the 2016 season with 409 career circuits.
The Angels acquired it brave in a trade at the end of the 2008 season, and he helped them in the only 100 victories season in the history of the franchise by hitting 13 circuits and driving in 43 points while beating .358 in 54 games.
Teixeira has also performed well in the American League division series, hitting .467 with a basic percentage of .550, although the angels have dropped in four games to the Boston Red Sox. He was a free agent after the season and the owner of the Angels, Arte Moreno, offered him $ 160 million over eight years before withdrawing the offer two weeks later.
Several other teams have made similar, if not more lucrative, offers, and Teixeira signed with Yankees for $ 180 million over eight years. Slugging cheese helped New York in the 2009 World Series championship, leading the AL with 39 circuits and 122 points struck.
The Yankees defeated the angels in the series of AL championships before beating the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. The following season, Teixeira spoke of the angels a lot despite the fact that Anaheim for New York Green Pastures.
“I hope there is no resentment between Arte and myself,” Teixeira told Mike Digiovanna du Times. “I loved this organization. Arte, [Manager Mike] Scioscia is first class, from top to bottom. But your wife and your child being happy are more important than your personal desires. »»
