Teixeira and Henry War of Words

[TheKilo]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4255169

 

In the meantime, Red Sox owner John Henry used his Twitter account to ask if the Yankees are cursed by Mark Teixeira. This offseason, Teixeira spurned Boston for the Yankees' eight-year, $180 million deal.

 

"How old is Mr. Henry?" Teixeira asked of Henry, who is 59. "There is no reason for me to get into any war of words with some 70-something-year-old man. It doesn't make sense." The Teixeira-Red Sox discord dates back to 1998 when Teixeira declined to sign with Boston out of high school. It continued this offseason when the Red Sox appeared to be the favorites to sign him before the Yankees swooped in.

 

After the latest Red Sox win over the Yankees, Henry wrote on his Twitter account, "the MT Curse?"

 

In an e-mail to 1050 ESPN New York, Henry said of Mark Teixeira's response to his curse Tweet, "I thought it was very thoughtful."

 

Henry added, "But seriously that's all theatre. He is certainly one of the best players in the game. Tremendous hitter, great first baseman. A great sign for the Yankees. And he has a great sense of humor."

 

Teixeira did not seem amused by the implication.

 

"Everybody knows the Yankees paid the most," Teixeira said. "This is a business. It was a family decision and a business decision. They can have their opinions -- that's fine. I made the best decision for me, and it's worked out great."

 

Teixeira entered Friday night's game with the Mets hitting .289 with 19 homers and 52 RBIs. Teixeira couldn't comprehend why Henry decided to take a shot at him and described the idea of a curse as "silly."

 

"You guys make that decision," Teixeira said when describing his actions compared to Henry's. "Whose reputation looks better?

 

"I met with 12 teams. If 11 owners want to take shots at me, that's fine."

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Pretty stupid, I think Teixeira's in the right.

[La mujer bonita]

Pretty stupid' date=' I think Teixeira's in the right.[/quote']

 

Ehh. Seems a little thin-skinned, if you ask me, for reasons that aren't abundantly clear. Let's just hope Henry gets the last laugh.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

I'm surprised Teixiera's wife wasn't the one responding to the comments.

[schillingouttheks]

Pretty stupid' date=' I think Teixeira's in the right.[/quote']

 

I think Teixeira, like a lot of people in this world, need thicker skin.

[TheKilo]

I'm surprised Teixiera's wife wasn't the one responding to the comments.

 

Funny

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

I think Teixeira' date=' like a lot of people in this world, need thicker skin.[/quote']

Doesn't mean Henry isn't at fault. He did make a pretty random, needless comment to initiate it.

[TheKilo]

Doesn't mean Henry isn't at fault. He did make a pretty random' date=' needless comment to initiate it.[/quote']

 

It's what he does

[Cocos Disciples]

The Red Sox FO is amusingly obnoxious.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

The Red Sox FO is amusingly obnoxious.

Like me

 

 

 

 

 

 

...right?

[BoSox21]

Teixeira gets that riled up over a tweet that said "the MT curse?". are you f***ing kidding me? funny that another tweet by Henry saying that Teixeira scoring from 1st on the error was impressive gets overlooked

[jacksonianmarch]

and I bet all of you would take that kind of obnoxiousness every season until you die. Their results are impressive

[BoSox21]

im waiting for Hal Steinbrenner to come out and challenge Henry to a back alley brawl

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

You mean Hank? I think he's more likely to do that than anyone.

[Cocos Disciples]

and I bet all of you would take that kind of obnoxiousness every season until you die. Their results are impressive

 

You bet we would? Why do you think we're on a Sox forum?

[BoSox21]

You mean Hank? I think he's more likely to do that than anyone.

 

yea, that one

[BSN07]

Uggh... This is so dumb. Was Henry stoned or drunk during the interview?

 

 

 

 

 

"Twitter will be the downfall of civilization as we know it... "

[Dojji]

There isn't enough letters in the word "Yawn" to describe the utter yawn-ness of this. Seriously, don't these guys have anything better to do?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Uggh... This is so dumb. Was Henry stoned or drunk during the interview?

 

 

 

 

 

"Twitter will be the downfall of civilization as we know it... "

He's actually right about that. f*** twitter.

[Cocos Disciples]

Well yeah, Twitter does blow.

 

"Today I went to the grocery store. zomglolz"

[BSN07]

Well yeah, Twitter does blow.

 

"Today I went to the grocery store. zomglolz"

 

I can honestly say to you guys I have never even seen the homepage of that site.

 

I don't feel the need to update everyone on what I am doing every 5 seconds.

 

I do the facebook deal(proud talksox facebook member:D), but that's about as far as I go.

[a700hitter]

As I have said all along, Boras confirmed that the Sox owners had Tex in a room, and Tex made them an offer. The owners got up from the table and walked away. This is a mistake for they will be paying for years.

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/11/boras_sox_could.html

[TheKilo]

Holy f***.

 

EPIC failure from the FO.

 

I'll even allow an image macro to make the point.

[example1]

Wow. Powerful stuff.

 

What was the offer a700, since you have been saying this all along?

 

Was it what the Yankees paid, or 10yr/240m?

[Dipre]

Lol Scott Boras.

[Wells]

Boras could be full of s*** though.. it's been known to happen

[Wells]

What was the offer, Scott? why not divulge that info??

[a700hitter]

Wow. Powerful stuff.

 

What was the offer a700, since you have been saying this all along?

 

Was it what the Yankees paid, or 10yr/240m?

Regardless of Boras credibility issues, the Sox owners had him in a room and made him an offer. He countered and they left the room. That is not how a salesman closes. That's how he loses a sale.

[redsoxrules]

Awfull.... hopefully the FO wont make the same mistake this off season

[example1]

Regardless of Boras credibility issues' date=' the Sox owners had him in a room and made him an offer. He countered and they left the room. That is not how a salesman closes. That's how he loses a sale.[/quote']

 

It's also how a customer pushes away a potential seller.

 

 

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A700, do you really believe that the Sox would walk away from negotiations over a few million here or there? Why would they walk away angry and declaring that a deal isn't going to happen unless the offer had been something absurd? Why would they close negotiations? It doesn't make sense.

 

You assume that means they're cheap and too stupid to close the deal.

 

I assume it means that Teixeira and Boras were ramping up the price on them to a level that was entirely unacceptable.

 

How much would you have been willing to have them pay? $30m? I'm being serious.

 

 

EDIT: Would it change your thinking if you knew Teixeira demanded 10 yr/$250m? 10 yr/$300m? Why do you believe his offer was reasonable?