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Mark Charles Teixeira ( /teɪˈʃɛrə/ tay-SHERR-ə; born April 11, 1980, in Annapolis, Maryland), nicknamed "Tex" is an American Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees. Primarily a first baseman, he has also played third base and in the outfield. He played college baseball at Georgia Tech, where in 2001 he won the Dick Howser Trophy as the national collegiate baseball player of the year.
Teixeira was drafted in 2001 by the Texas Rangers, and made his MLB debut for them in 2003. In mid-2007 he was traded to the Atlanta Braves, and traded again in mid-2008 to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In December 2008, he agreed to a contract with the New York Yankees. Teixeira has won four Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards. Teixeira also holds the all-time major league record for most games with a home run from both sides of the plate, with 13.
Teixeira grew up in Severna Park, Maryland, and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played for the school's varsity baseball team. Teixeira is Portuguese American. He also has roots in the South American country of Guyana, the country from which his grandfather migrated as a young man.
Bryan McCann (born September 29, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American football cornerback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Southern Methodist.
McCann turned down offers to play for Stanford, Northwestern, Tulsa, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, UAB, and Rice, choosing to play for Southern Methodist University instead.
McCann was an All-Freshman Conference USA pick after having 38 tackles and four pass breakups. He appeared in 11 games in 2006, starting three of the last four. He was the co-winner of the James Bradley "New Mustang" award for consistent play, along with Emmanuel Sanders and Justin Willis.
He started all 12 games in 2007, and recorded 59 tackles, seven pass breakups, and four interceptions while playing at both corner and safety. He recorded nine tackles in the season opener.
McCann started 11 games in 2008. He had 35 tackles and three interceptions on the year, while returning punts as well.
Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, Tanaka Masahiro?, born November 1, 1988 in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Tanaka led his team to a championship in the National High School Baseball tournament as a junior for Komazawa University Tomakomai High School in 2005 and a runner-up berth in the same tournament as a senior in 2006. The Eagles' first-round pick in the 2006 NPB high school draft, he is seen as the expansion team's future staff ace.
Tanaka was born in Itami, a city in Hyōgo, Japan. He began playing baseball in the first grade as a catcher for the Koyanosato Tigers (a Little League team) alongside current Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto, who was then ironically the team's ace pitcher and Tanaka's batterymate. Tanaka and Sakamoto hit third and fourth in the lineup, respectively. He went on to play for the Takarazuka Boys while attending Itami Municipal Matsuzaki Junior High School, being used at both pitcher and catcher because of his strong throwing arm. He was chosen to the Junior All-South Kansai team in his third year of junior high (the equivalent of ninth grade in the United States).
Burn me again
Turn me round and you can burn me again
Learn in the end
Say it slowly so i’ll learn in the end
Bury the pain
Hurt me softly and then bury the pain
Soften the rain
Feel this storm inside me soften the rain
Nurture me with hope
Help me grow from your seed
Feed me with your strength
Fill me up with your need
Heaven and hell
Keep me safe between this heaven and hell
Know me too well
You’ve hardly touched me yet you know me too well
Treat me with a kiss
Heal this aching inside
All the years i’ve lived yet you bring me to life, to life
Burn me again
Turn me round and you can burn me again
Soften the rain
Feel this storm inside me soften the rain
Burn me again