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It is Mark Teixeira's last Yankee Stadium series, and he will be missed - Pinstripe Alley
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NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira hugged one teammate at a time as
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Mark Teixeira - Wikipedia
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Mark Teixeira was Yankees' 'missing link' in 2009
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Miracle comeback one last hurrah for Yankees, Mark Teixeira - Newsday
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Mark Teixeira: I can play five more years, reach 500 homers
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Mark Teixeira is retiring from the Yankees after the 2016 season: 'I gave you everything I had' – New York Daily News
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Mark Teixeira and the exciting, tremendous, not bad, pretty good career
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Mark Teixeira plays final game of career