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Mark Teixeira Changing His Approach in Hopes of a Turnaround

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New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was dropped to seventh in the lineup by manager Joe Girardi after returning from a bronchial infection on Monday night, but he was back in the three-hole on Wednesday.

On the season, he's hitting just .226 with five home runs and 21 RBI.

That's not the production you like to see anywhere in the lineup, let alone third.

Thankfully, Teixeira is making a change.

Teixeira has been hampered by said bronchial infection, but he has also determined that a lack of aggressiveness at the plate can be attributed to his lack of success in 2012:

I’m putting too many balls in play instead of taking that swing to hit a home run and drive the ball. I’ve never been someone ...

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