Former New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is running for Congress in Texas, and he has the endorsement of President Donald Trump.
That is something Trump brought up when he spoke in Texas earlier this week, and something Teixeira bragged about a bit on X.
“Grateful to have President Trump as a supporter — and a fan,” he wrote on X. “Thank you, Mr. President! Democrats, we’ll see you on the baseball field next year.”
Teixeira’s followers on X noticed a few things, though. Trump seemed to struggle to pronounce his name and then praised him for how hard he could throw the ball. The 45-year-old was a three-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner. He led the American League in home runs in 2009 and finished his career with a .268 average to go with 409 home runs and 1,298 RBIs.
One thing Teixeira was not, though, was a pitcher.
“Throw that ball?” one person replied. “Trump thinks you were a pitcher. He has no clue who you are.”
“Lmao first basemen really known for ‘throwing that ball,’” another wrote.
“That fat (expletive) does not know (expletive) about your playing career lol,” another wrote.
“He doesn’t even know who you are Mark talkin about throwing the ball,” another replied.
“Holy (expletive) he’s never heard of you before LMAO,” another wrote.
“Could barely pronounce your name and his biggest praise was ‘he could throw that ball,’” another wrote. “Sick dude!”
“Piggy thought you were a pitcher,” another wrote.
Not all of the comments focused on Trump’s fumbling of Teixeira’s name and position, though.
“(Mark Teixeira) I can’t stress this enough,” one person wrote. “You have truly become a huge disappointment. The fact that you align yourself with a lying, cheating, racist, corrupt individual tells a lot about YOU. (Expletive) YOU.”
Some others focused on Epstein accusations levied against Trump while criticizing Teixeira for embracing his support. There were, of course, some who loved to see the former slugger embrace the support.
Teixeira is running in Texas’ 21st Congressional District as he seeks to replace Chip Roy who is running for Texas Attorney General.
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