MLB Yankees' Mark Teixeira Launches Talk Show

Mark Teixeira

New York Yankees star Mark Teixeira has his own talk show that is both awkward and hilarious.

The show starring the first baseman appears on Yankees broadcasts and on the YES Network YouTube channel. There have been three episodes so far

In this episode of Foul Territory with Mark Teixeira, the Yankees first baseman asks YES Network's Jack Curry what it takes to be a good interviewer.

According to WSJ, Teixeira came up with the idea for "Foul Territory" in spring training as a way to make the Yankees' new free-agent additions feel at home. Wearing a shirt buttoned all the way up, he interviews them in an intentionally awkward style, posing questions that are non sequiturs, interrupting and leading the interviews in all manner of bizarre directions.

The segments are almost totally ad-libbed, with Teixeira establishing the framework and giving his teammates the theme of the episode—like when he futilely tries to get catcher Brian McCann to acknowledge that he looked up to Teixeira when the two were teammates in 2007 and 2008 with the Atlanta Braves.

YES aired three episodes earlier this season, featuring interviews with McCann, pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and YES analyst Jack Curry, but they were little noticed. But after it was linked on the website Deadspin this week, the show took off, becoming a viral sensation.