Copperfield shown here using the “fire trick” to fool Mark Teixeira into doing the impossible- hitting to the opposite field.

TAMPA, Fl. — Thwack!  The sound of a solidly hit baseball reverberated in the area behind home plate at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.  Yankees general manager Brian Cashman smiled and excitedly said, “Look at that.  We’re already getting our money’s worth.  Mark Teixeira hitting the ball hard to the opposite field.  That’s magic.  I haven’t seen that in at least half a decade.”  Teixeira, hitting from the left-hand-side, appeared as shocked as Cashman at his hard hit liner over short.  Meanwhile, a black-clad David Copperfield, eyes closed, chanting in what sounded like an ancient foreign language while swinging an incense-containing thurible from a chain, slowly began to circle the oft-injured Yankee first baseman.  Teixeira, although visibly nervous, made clear to all that he’s willing to go along:  “You think he can cure my wrist, knee, oblique, hamstring and make the dizziness go away too?” Continue reading →