Padilla, Everyone Hates Teixeira

Mark Teixeira and Vicente Padilla don't get along.  Texas teammates in 2006 and 2007, they had their fair share of issues in the same clubhouse, when Padilla claims Teixeira threatened to hit him with a bat, and the battle rages on through this weekend series with the Red Sox and Yankees.

"I think he's just scared to face me.  I don't throw at people to hit them on purpose," Padilla said.  "I throw inside, I've always thrown inside.  Its not my problem if the ball hits someone.  I'm worried about throwing strikes and I'm going to keep playing my game."

Then pitching for the Phillies, Padilla hit Teixeira after he homered in 2005, which may have started this whole ordeal because once they were teammates, Teixeira took it upon himself to ask Padilla to change his aggressive nature.

"In this sport, as competitive ballplayers, we get pretty fired up," Padilla said.  "So I think maybe he picked the wrong profession.  I think he'd be better off playing a women's sport."

I love these comments by Padilla.  Was Teixeira serious when he came up and asked Padilla to pitch differently?  One, you're on the same team now, you can relax, and two, Padilla isn't going to tell you to stop hitting home runs because you're making the pitchers feel bad.  Just another reason why Teixeira is one of the douchiest players in recent memory.

"I just think he's scared to face me," Padilla said. "I don't throw at people to hit them on purpose. I throw inside, and I've always thrown inside. It's not my problem if the ball hits someone. I'm worried about throwing strikes, and I'm going to keep playing my game."

Read more at: http://www.nesn.com/2012/07/vicente-padilla-accuses-mark-teixeira-of-bad-behavior-in-texas-contends-slugger-should-play-a-womens.html"

"I just think he's scared to face me," Padilla said. "I don't throw at people to hit them on purpose. I throw inside, and I've always thrown inside. It's not my problem if the ball hits someone. I'm worried about throwing strikes, and I'm going to keep playing my game."

Read more at: http://www.nesn.com/2012/07/vicente-padilla-accuses-mark-teixeira-of-bad-behavior-in-texas-contends-slugger-should-play-a-womens.html