Extra: Mark Teixeira Full Interview

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🗓️ 19 January 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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A conversation with former Major League Baseball player and current ESPN analyst Mark Teixeira, recorded for the Freakonomics Radio series “The Hidden Side of Sports.”

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Stephen Dubner and this is a Frekenomics Radio Extra, our full interview
0:05.0	with Mark Tashara, the former baseball all-star who's been appearing in our Hidden
0:09.2	Side of Sports series.
0:10.8	Tashara retired after the 2016 season, having played 14 years in the big leagues.
0:17.1	He hit 409 home runs, won lots of offensive and defensive awards, and he helped lead the
0:22.9	New York Yankees to a World Series title in 2009.
0:26.5	Hope you enjoy this conversation with Mark Tashara, and thanks for listening.
0:32.6	Mark, if you would then just start by saying your name and what you do.
0:44.1	Mark Tashara, currently ESPN analyst and real estate developer in Atlanta, Georgia.
0:50.2	Very good.
0:51.2	How old are you now?
0:52.2	I am 38.
0:53.2	14 years.
0:57.2	Let's go back.
0:59.4	For people who know baseball, Mark Tashara is a big, big, big name.
1:03.0	For people who don't know baseball, there are people out there.
1:06.8	You know, we'll expose them to you.
1:09.5	Let's start with you as a kid.
1:12.3	Talk about growing up Baltimore, I believe.
1:14.0	Talk about growing up as a kid.
1:15.4	Your family, your dad was a naval academy graduate.
1:20.0	Describe you, your family, and especially sports.
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