Based on what went down Wednesday night in Target Field, we can reason that it's better to be broken than to be fragile.
Mark Teixeira is broken, or at least broken down. He's playing with a slow-to-heal broken right little toe suffered on Aug. 31. A few days later he bruised his right thumb, which required a cortisone shot just two weeks ago -- and may need another soon.
The Minnesota Twins are fragile, all the more so because of what Teixeira did to them Wednesday night in the Yankees' 6-4 win in Game 1 of the American League Division Series.
The Yankees' first baseman drew the first blood against Minnesota starter Francisco Liriano with a double in the sixth inning. That snapped a streak of 10 consecutive batters retired by Liriano, setting a four-run inning in motion that would erase what had seemed to be a robust 3-0 Twins lead.
Minnesota came back to tie the game against starter CC Sabathia in the bottom of the sixth, only to see Teixeira's next at-bat absolutely ruin them. Reliever Jesse Crain hung a 3-2 breaking ball with one out and a man on, and the hobbled-but-not-hobbling Teixeira touched the sky with a fly ball that settled just over the fence down the right field line.
"I don't think Tex will tell me how much pain he's in," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "This is a guy who broke his toe and was back in the lineup the next day."
Read more: Mark Teixeira Latest Yankee to Become Pain in Twins' Side
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