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Article: Offers from Nats, O's heat up Teixeira derby.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- December 11, 2008
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Byline: MICHAEL SILVERMAN
LAS VEGAS - The Red Sox are one of four teams trying to convince Mark Teixeira to come on over and play for the next 7-10 years.
While it's too early to say if the Sox, Angels, Orioles or Nationals will win the derby, what is known is that Teixeira will wind up with one of the largest contracts in baseball history.
As the last full day of the winter meetings wrapped up last night, the Sox had not yet made a formal offer to Teixeira's representative, Scott Boras. They did meet with Teixeira before the meetings, according to a baseball source. According to multiple sources found along the hallways and next to the slot machines at the ...