This stealthy move different from Mark Teixeira signing
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A few days before Christmas in 2008, the Yankees pulled off a stealth signing, adding free agent Mark Teixeira with an eight-year, $180-million contract.
It was a bold move, but not a necessary one. The Yankees flexed their financial muscle and swooped in on a player who had not been seriously linked to them.
It cost them nothing but money. It paid off with a World Series title the following...
