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Yankees add Teixeira for 8 years, $180M (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Even in the midst of a recession, the New York Yankees' hoard of cash -- and players -- appears to have no limit. Keeping up an unprecedented spending spree, Mark Teixeira joined the collection of pricey free agents in the Bronx when the first baseman reached a preliminary agreement on a $180 million, eight-year contract with the Yankees.