There was a time when I would have given Mark Teixeira a Stiff of the Week nod each and every week just for having a name that is pronounced nothing like the way it's spelled. How do you get TE-sher-Ah from T E I X E I RA? Fucking Portuguese! Anyway, this week I think Tex is worthy of a Stud award not only for his torrid start with the Bravos, but also for the very fact that he's not hitting all those dingers with Boston or the Yanks.In his first 4 games since joining Atlanta he has 5 hits in 19 At Bats, but four of them are for extra bases (1 2B, 3 HR) and has driven in 7 runs while scoring 5. He has also made it possible for the Braves to think about letting Andruw Jones go this off season. Jones is in his 12th season (but he's only 31) and will be near 400 HR's next year so for a team to be in a situation to let that go they have to feel comfortable. Of course my hope is that Tex plays out the last year of his deal in Atlanta in '08 and then comes home to Baltimore in '09. But that's just a pipe dream.
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