Don’t worry about Mark Teixeira getting caught up in the fact the Angels knocked the Yankees out of the postseason in 2002 and 2005. Not only does the Bombers first baseman not care, he doesn’t remember.

“I could not tell you one play of a Yankees-Angels playoff game,” said Teixeira, who was in the minor leagues in 2002 and with the Rangers in 2005.

But Teixeira knows about one team dominating another with the Red Sox taking the first eight from the Yankees this year before the Bombers came back to take nine of the final 10.

“You could have said the same thing about Boston earlier this season,” Teixeira said. “It’s nothing special it’s just that they had our number. They found ways to win when we didn’t.”

But Teixeira knows first-hand how dangerous the Angels are. He was traded from Atlanta to Anaheim for the stretch run last year, playing on a team that lost in the ALDS to the Red Sox.

“They are so professional, they just do everything right,” Teixeira said. “They pay attention to the small things in baseball. You are not going to out-slug the opponent every single night, your pitchers aren’t going to throw a shutout every single night, so you have to do the little things right and they do.”