No more harsh feelings towards Garciaparra
Sebastion C. Lury
Issue date: 3/12/10 Section: Sports
If you were not yet aware, many people had reported strange sightings and experiences recently.
Let me reassure everyone by saying that everything is right with the world. It is only the beginning of spring. How can I be so sure and confidant that it's not a solar flare that threatens to destroy the world? Because everything is back to the way it should. Nomar Garciaparra is a member of the Boston Red Sox again.
On Wednesday, Nomar signed a contract to return to the Red Sox, the same team he began his professional career with in 1996. According to multiple reports, the contract was a one-day, minor league deal. The purpose for signing Nomar for only one day was so that he could retire as a member of the Red Sox.
This was a terrific show of character by the front office of the Red Sox.
It was too long ago that we saw Nomar get dealt near the end of the 2004 non-waiver trade deadline. The team was in Minnesota when they sent him to Chicago as part of a four-team trade that rocked the baseball world. It rocked the world because Nomar had rare talent and was a mainstay in the Boston lineup.
Remember when Nomar played short for the Red Sox, Derek Jeter played shortstop for the New York Yankees, and Alex Rodriguez played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners? No? You probably remember Nomar's time with the Cubs, right? Dodgers? How about the Athletics?
Now, A-Rod is still unearthing himself from last spring's steroid allegations (his ring last fall helps) and Jeter remains the face of the Yankees. But thanks to Theo Epstein and company, Nomar was allowed to return to and retire as a member of the team he never should have left. But if he hadn't have left, the Sox may not have won their two World Series championships. So this is the way it had to be.
Nomar will go to work at ESPN and Sox fans can be comforted in knowing that #5 was not exiled from Fenway. I know one Red Sox fan who may not be a Red Sox fan had it not been for Nomar Garciaparra. I can't be alone in this sentiment. Even my 12-year-old brother still wears his jersey.
Nomar probably isn't going to the Hall of Fame, but he is a vital piece in Red Sox history. And seeing him retire wearing a blue cap with the hanging red stockings, well, that was Hall of Fame enough for me.
Let me reassure everyone by saying that everything is right with the world. It is only the beginning of spring. How can I be so sure and confidant that it's not a solar flare that threatens to destroy the world? Because everything is back to the way it should. Nomar Garciaparra is a member of the Boston Red Sox again.
On Wednesday, Nomar signed a contract to return to the Red Sox, the same team he began his professional career with in 1996. According to multiple reports, the contract was a one-day, minor league deal. The purpose for signing Nomar for only one day was so that he could retire as a member of the Red Sox.
This was a terrific show of character by the front office of the Red Sox.
It was too long ago that we saw Nomar get dealt near the end of the 2004 non-waiver trade deadline. The team was in Minnesota when they sent him to Chicago as part of a four-team trade that rocked the baseball world. It rocked the world because Nomar had rare talent and was a mainstay in the Boston lineup.
Remember when Nomar played short for the Red Sox, Derek Jeter played shortstop for the New York Yankees, and Alex Rodriguez played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners? No? You probably remember Nomar's time with the Cubs, right? Dodgers? How about the Athletics?
Now, A-Rod is still unearthing himself from last spring's steroid allegations (his ring last fall helps) and Jeter remains the face of the Yankees. But thanks to Theo Epstein and company, Nomar was allowed to return to and retire as a member of the team he never should have left. But if he hadn't have left, the Sox may not have won their two World Series championships. So this is the way it had to be.
Nomar will go to work at ESPN and Sox fans can be comforted in knowing that #5 was not exiled from Fenway. I know one Red Sox fan who may not be a Red Sox fan had it not been for Nomar Garciaparra. I can't be alone in this sentiment. Even my 12-year-old brother still wears his jersey.
Nomar probably isn't going to the Hall of Fame, but he is a vital piece in Red Sox history. And seeing him retire wearing a blue cap with the hanging red stockings, well, that was Hall of Fame enough for me.
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