THE MARK TEIXEIRA PUZZLE

I'm not sure what to make of this.  So yeah, before the Yankees lost to the Red Sox last night (Read HERE), the game was 6-4 Sox in the bottom of the 8th inning.  Of course, like clockwork, Vicente Padilla was pitching and Mark Teixeira walks to the plate.  Soon enough, Tex cranked a home run and did something unusual.  In fact, for Mark Teixeira it was totally out of character...he stood there and watched the ball sail out of the ball park and just like that, the Yankees tied the game.

Now, I'm on the record as saying I hate the show boat at home plate.  I also am not a fan of the Red Sox and based on all the information I've read about Vicente Padilla and Mark Teixeira (Read HERE), I'd suggest they have their own rivalry.  In this case, when Mark Teixeria hit that home run and stood there, I'm giving him a pass.  I know what he was doing.  He wasn't aiming that gesture toward the Red Sox as much as he was toward Padilla.  It was big "F OFF"! Clearly they don't like each other. Over time, Padilla will probably come in high and tight on Tex and Tex knows this, but for the moment, Teixeira got his payback.

But what happened later was weird. Over Twitter Teixeira wrote this and asked this question:

I was puzzled to say the least, his home run was clearly in the seats with enough power behind it that there was no hook what so ever. Here's the video:

 
 So the next Tweet I saw was equally mind boggling.  I came from David Robertson:

So, I thought, "What's going on here?" I started to realize something and this is just me as an outsider.  It's my own speculation that maybe Mark Teixeira felt alittle strange standing at home plate after that home run.  Maybe he was doing his best job trying to re-write history on Twitter, and DRob, being a friend and loyal teammate was just trying to help him out.  No harm no foul...literally. Plus, who knows, maybe it was an inside joke because lord knows, if you look at where that home run was falling last night, and the screen grab is below, there is no way in hell that ball was going foul. Look:

Am I over thinking? Should I care? Am I just way too obsessed and maybe I should take a vacation? Sure, all those questions apply here.  Mark Teixeira was out of character last night.  He let his emotions with Vicente Padilla get the best of him, so he stood home plate for a moment.  The world wrote about it because it "wasn't him."  So yeah, maybe he was trying to ease the blow and maybe he doesn't want a bad reputation or something. Lord knows he's no showboat and just a hard worker on the field, but who knows?  Whatever the case, I just thought the whole chain of events was interesting. nothing more.

Enjoy your Sunday guys...

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