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Teixeira a defensive wizard for Yankees

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has shown a defter touch with leather than wood this month, so it's fitting that his most historically noteworthy moment of the 2009 postseason came in the field rather than the batter's box. The play in question occurred in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, after Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu carelessly rounded second base on a double against Phil Coke. Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera retrieved the ball and hit cuto ...

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