Tex's Walk Off

 
Mark Teixeria had perhaps his final vintage Yankee moment on Wednesday night. Batting with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 9th with the Yanks down 3 - 1, he crushed a Joe Kelly pitch for a walk off grand slam. His 15th home run of the season and #409 of his career was his 12th grand slam. Teixeira announced weeks ago that he would retire a the end of the season. So unloading as he did -- especially against the arch-rival Red Sox -- had to taste especially sweet. And winning as they did also kept Boston from celebrating on their turf. Boston had clinched the AL East title minutes earlier.
How rare was ending a game that way? It had been nine-and-a-half years, April 2007, when Alex Rodriguez had the Yankees previous walk off grand slam.
(This image of Tex came from the Yankees-Twins game on June 25th.)

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