Let me be first say that I haven’t a clue as to why Mark Teixeira is getting such big figures thrown at him besides his pimp of an agent, Scott Boras (in my opinion of course).

Is it just me or is a $180 million contract over eight years (or $190M depending on who’s reporting) just seem crazy for more than one reason?  I guess the whole similar waste of money on A-Rod has went over these folks heads (remember that Rangers-Yankees deal that still makes no sense to me).  Sure, I can’t really blame the likes of A-Rod or Teixeira for going for it if the teams are willing to throw the money around, but their sports pimp needs to go.  I think it might be good if A-Rod got in touch with Teixeira and told him that the pimp isn’t necessary to land a good contract, even if it’s not an 8 year deal.