NEW YORK -- Earlier this week, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi both publicly wondered if Mark Teixeira would play again in 2015.
Teixeira hasn't appeared in a game since Aug. 26 due to a bone bruise in his right leg, but the first baseman has consistently vowed that he will return before the season's end. On Thursday, the script was no different.
"In my mind, I'm still 100 percent," Teixeira said prior to Thursday's game being rained out. "I'm coming back in my mind. That's the way I have to go about it.