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Former Atlanta Braves first sacker says if it’s only money play ball

By Fred Owens

ATLANTA - AUGUST 14: Mark Teixiera #24 of the Atlanta Braves takes a deep breath before stepping up to the plate during the game against the San Francisco Giants on August 14, 2007 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA - AUGUST 14: Mark Teixiera #24 of the Atlanta Braves takes a deep breath before stepping up to the plate during the game against the San Francisco Giants on August 14, 2007 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /
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Former Atlanta Brave Mark Teixeira and current ESPN analyst under fire for his views on pay for a short season in 2020. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Mark Teixeira’s earnings invalidate his position?

The reaction to Teixeira’s statements is more surprising than his words. Awful Announcing, and Deadspin in particular, made it sound as if the former first baseman said things he didn’t say about two subjects. There’s a lot of innuendoes and implied meaning in the way they portrayed Teixeira’s words, and while the quotes overlap, it can get confusing, I’ll take them one at a time — starting with money.

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The two responses I’ll discuss begin by suggesting Teixeira had made his money and no longer cares about the MLBPA or the players. Neither post explains why that’s the case; their logic is simply ‘he has money, and he isn’t supporting the union’s position’ (or that of the authors); ergo he doesn’t care about the players.

Here’s Deadspin’s Jesse Spector’s first, but not his cheapest, cheap-shot:

"Mark Teixeira, who made $213 million in his career as a baseball player, would like to see today’s baseball players take less money to return to the field and endanger people’s lives in the process."

The only fact in that little bit of wordsmithing is the reported amount of his earnings.  When it comes to Teixeira liking to see players take less money, his quote in this Tweeted clip,  says that’s not the case.

". So, if I’m a player, I don’t like it. But I’m going to do whatever I have to do to play. . ..”"

The rest is an unsubstantiated opinion, to which he’s entitled, but is quite likely incorrect.

Awful Announcing’s Andrew Bucholtz included Mike Greenburg in his list of villains who make more money than him.

", , ,Tuesday saw well-compensated ESPN analysts Greenberg and Mark Teixeira using their national platform. . .not for a serious discussion of the players’ concerns, but rather an endorsement of the owners and a minimization of players’ concerns, which feels more than a little ironic given their own pasts."

Bucholtz said, ‘these two make a lot of money, and used their job to discuss money instead of player safety.’

He should have listened harder.

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