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Yankees send Mark Teixeira off with loss
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An historically slow starter, Yankees' Mark Teixeira is crushing
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Mark Teixeira is retiring from the Yankees after the 2016 season
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Yankees send Mark Teixeira off with loss
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Mark Teixeira Is Expected to Join ESPN as an Analyst - The New
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Mark Teixeira is retiring from the Yankees after the 2016 season
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Yankees send Mark Teixeira off with loss
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Mark Teixeira is retiring from the Yankees after the 2016 season
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Yankees send Mark Teixeira off with loss
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Mark Teixeira is leaving ESPN early
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Yankees' Mark Teixeira announces his retirement Friday
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Mark Teixeira, Yankees slugger-turned-college student, sends
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Mark Teixeira was Yankees' 'missing link' in 2009