Slide over, . It seems one other former Main League Baseball slugger with Southland ties will run for political workplace.
, who batted a sturdy .358 in a two-month stint with the in 2008 earlier than signing a longterm profitable contract with the New York Yankees, introduced his marketing campaign for Texas’ twenty first Congressional District within the U.S. Home on Wednesday.
Teixeira, an avowed conservative who has lived in or close to Dallas a lot of his grownup life, stated he’s “prepared to assist defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas households, and particular person liberty.”
Garvey can also be a Republican, and he to Democrat Adam Schiff for California’s open seat within the U.S. Senate final November. Regardless of being a beloved former Dodgers nice, Garvey, 75, held few public occasions and struggled to achieve traction with voters in a state that has not elected a Republican to statewide workplace in practically twenty years.
Not like Garvey, Teixeira, 45, is operating in a closely Republican district that Chip Roy gained by 26% of the vote in November. Teixeira’s announcement follows Roy’s choice to not search re-election as a result of he’s operating for the workplace of the Texas Lawyer Normal.
Teixeira, a former first baseman, performed 14 seasons for 4 MLB groups — the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Angels and Yankees. He retired after the 2016 season with 409 profession residence runs.
The Angels acquired him from the Braves in a commerce late within the 2008 season, and he helped them to the one 100-win season in franchise historical past by hitting 13 residence runs and driving in 43 runs whereas batting .358 in 54 video games.
Teixeira additionally carried out nicely within the American League Division Sequence, batting .467 with a .550 on-base proportion, though the Angels fell in 4 video games to the Boston Crimson Sox. He was a free agent after the season and Angels proprietor Arte Moreno earlier than retracting the provide two weeks later.
A number of different groups made comparable if no more profitable affords, and Teixeira signed with the Yankees for $180 million over eight years. The slugging switch-hitter , main the AL with 39 homers and 122 runs batted in.
The Yankees defeated the Angels within the AL Championship Sequence earlier than beating the Philadelphia Phillies within the World Sequence. The next season, Teixeira spoke extremely of the Angels regardless of leaving Anaheim for the greener pastures of New York.
“I hope there are not any laborious emotions between Arte and myself,” Teixeira . “I beloved that group. Arte, [Manager Mike] Scioscia, it’s top quality, prime to backside. However your spouse and children being pleased is extra necessary than your private needs.”
