Even Yankees Players Can’t Stand The Long Games With The Red Sox
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“It’s brutal,†said Teixeira, the Yankees’ first baseman. “I can’t stand playing a nine-inning game in four hours. It’s not baseball. I don’t even know how to describe it. If I was a fan, why would I want to come watch people sitting around and talking back and forth, going to the mound, 2-0 sliders in the dirt? Four-hour games can’t be fun for a fan, either.â€
↵↵Pot, meet kettle. In 237 PA against Boston since he became a Yankee, Tex has walked 30 times -- a 12.7% rate, significantly higher than his career rate of 11.5%, and higher than his 12.0% walk rate overall as a Yankee.
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