Remember that 2009 Yankees squad that took home the World Series title? Well, some of its alumni ended up forming quite the unexpected clubhouse. Mariano Rivera, the legendary closer with five rings and a fastball that made hitters miserable, threw his support behind President Donald Trump. In return, Trump handed Rivera the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Johnny Damon, another All-Star from that championship roster, also swung into Trump’s corner. By 2020, both Rivera and Damon found themselves on the roster for a different kind of team: Trump’s President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. This time around, another Yankee is jumping on the bandwagon.

It’s Mark Teixeira, the switch-hitting first baseman who went fifth overall in the 2001 MLB Draft. And spent his early years with

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