Teixeira: “You know what? When I was a kid I was a big Nirvana fan. And, uh, Kurt Cobain unfortunately passed away when I think I was in eighth grade. And when you’re twelve or thirteen years old and your favorite band isn’t gonna make any more music, you take it pretty tough. So, uh, I went by an alias for a little while.”

MLB Network then went onto show Frances Farmer Teixeira’s mom having her revenge upon Seattle her son in a taped bit of her own. She says that Mark signed up for comic books and CD clubs as “Kurt Teixeira,” but thankfully later grew out of the stage.

– Walkoff Walk/Big League Stew

OK, so that’s a little embarrassing for Mark Teixeira, but you know what? Let any suburban Middle Schooler from 1994 who did not carry on excessively over Kurt Cobain’s death cast the first stone.