Don’t worry about Mark Teixeira getting caught up in the fact the Angels knocked the Yankees out of the postseason in 2002 and 2005. Not only does the Bombers first baseman not care, he doesn’t remember.Tex is also not worried about the Angels' past success against our Yankees:
“I could not tell you one play of a Yankees-Angels playoff game,” said Teixeira, who was in the minor leagues in 2002 and with the Rangers in 2005.
“You could have said the same thing about Boston earlier this season,” Teixeira said. “It’s nothing special it’s just that they had our number. They found ways to win when we didn’t.”But he still knows how good of a team they are... I think we all do.
“They are so professional, they just do everything right,” Teixeira said. “They pay attention to the small things in baseball. You are not going to out-slug the opponent every single night, your pitchers aren’t going to throw a shutout every single night, so you have to do the little things right and they do.”Also, according to this LA Times article, Mark Teixeira's offseason wish has come true:
"I told Torii in December I hope we play them in the ALCS," Teixeira said Wednesday. "And we're getting our wish."
They also had this quote from Tex about the Angels:
"You want to win every day. That's a team over there, just like us, that expects to win every game. And it's shown over the last six or seven years. These guys have been one of the best teams in baseball. And that confidence starts from Scioscia and goes down to every player."Everyone knows that this series is going to be a battle, for both teams. The same fears and concerns Yankees fans have regarding the Angels, are, or at least should be felt by Angels fans as well. These are the two best teams in the AL, if not all of baseball.
