To be fair the schedule for the last month and a half has been pretty easy.
Look at August, September and tell me how confident you feel with a lineup that has Nick Green, Julio Lugo, Jed Lowrie, and Mark Kotsay in it.
What was your argument in total for not wanting Teixeira? From my vantage point, it was the following:
1. Lars is almost MLB-ready and will be a large contributor to the team.
2. Mike Lowell is an above average player and replacing him with Teixeira does little for the team.
3. Mrs. Teixeira hated Boston so they had no chance to sign him.
4. The Yankees would always offer more money than the Red Sox and the Sox would never get the last offer anyways.
5. The Yankees had a position of need and were targeting Teixeira feverishly.
Did I miss anything?
So when your theory on "Mark Teixeira is not a substantial upgrade over Mike Lowell" is destroyed, we move into this defense.
Fantastic.
You forgot to tell me that Mrs. Teixeira hated Boston.
Not too concerned, they won the series, on the road, and he looked really good for the last four innings.
They weren't beating Zimmermann last night anyway.