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Wright: Don't blame Teixeira injury on WBC

David Wright looks on during a spring training

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – David Wright, taking part in his second World Baseball Classic, thinks it’s crazy to blame the tournament for what happened to the Yankees' Mark Teixeira, who bowed out with a strained wrist tendon.

“I think he did it swinging off a tee or something,” Wright said. “They got tees in Tampa. You can get hurt here, you can get hurt in St. Lucie, in Tampa. It doesn’t matter....

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