The switch-hitting first baseman whose power and defence made him a star for the Yankees and others. Teixeira was one of the players presented with a Gold Glove award on the field by Dan Olson during Dan’s years with Rawlings — a detail that shows how close Jackson Olson’s father stood to baseball’s elite before Jackson chose his own joyful, unconventional path with the Savannah Bananas.
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