Famous American Major League Baseball player, Mark Teixeira, just made an eight-year ($180 million) deal with the New York Yankees. Mark reveals who really convinced him to go through with it was his wife Leigh Teixeira.

Mark says: “Two weeks before Christmas, I talked to [my wife] Leigh about it again, and we kind of decided that, hey, the Yankees are where we want to be. Cash [Brian Cashman] might want to give Leigh a hug, because when I asked her during the process, ‘Where should I go, where should I go?,’ she’d always say, ‘I just want you to be happy.’ Finally she said, ‘I want you to be a Yankee,’ and it was a done deal.”

Guess who is the real boss?? I think Leigh might have to become Mark’s manager from now on – she really knows best. Behind a great man, there’s always a great woman… and she needs to take the lead sometimes. It was one of Mark’s dreams to play for the Yankees so Leigh just gave him the push he needed!

Watch Leigh Teixeira’s Interview Video below

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