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| 17th December, 2008 - 5:00 pm | Boston Herald - The Red Sox badly want to land Mark Teixeira, but the team has made it known that they will not give the first baseman the ten-year deal he covets.
Principal owner John Henry was asked on Tuesday if the team would rule out offering Teixeira a ten-year pact, and he responded as follows:
"Yes. The Red Sox effectively had a 10-year deal with a player determined not to live up to his contract. A lot can change over 10 years, for both sides."
Henry's reference was to the just-completed eight-year, $160 million deal for left fielder Manny Ramirez, which carried with it two option years. [READ] |
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