The Sudden Downfall of Nomar Garciaparra

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  @TheWonderer2027 · 1 year ago

  Fact that he still finished with a career avg of .313 is really something else.

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• CO

  @CompletelyNormal · 1 year ago

  Legend has it that Nomar is still getting settled in the batter's box as we speak.

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• GR

  @gregorynolan6716 · 1 year ago

  What&apos;s amazing is that in 2005 Nomar saved 2 women who had fallen into the ocean by his house and he jumped into the water and rescued them &nbsp;A true hero ! <br>He never made much of it either just basically shrugged it off .

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• SO

  @SONICX1027 · 1 year ago

  He’s still a Red Sox Legend

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• IT

  @ItsDJOBie · 1 year ago

  As a Boston kid born in the late 80’s nothing exemplifies Nomar’s popularity here more than my annual fights for #5 from Little League all the way through high school.

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• HP

  @HPLovethrash · 1 year ago

  His peak years happened to coincide with my peak baseball viewing years, it was a great show he put on in the late 90s

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• FO

  @foolio3828 · 1 year ago

  Nomar hit .372 in 2000; go look up how many right-handed hitters have hit .370 for an entire season; the list is very short. Nomar was the real deal.

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• JA

  @jacksonlynch1731 · 1 year ago

  Honestly, I don&apos;t think it was the Cubs trade that shattered Nomar. I&apos;m surprised you didn&apos;t mention the trade that I think was the real culprit. The trade the Sox tried to make in the off-season before the &apos;04 season started that would have sent Manny and Lester to the Rangers for A-Rod, and Nomar to the White Sox for Magglio and Brandon McCarthy. <br><br>It was nixed by the Player&apos;s Union because A-Rod would have had to restructure his deal and take a lot less money, but I think its evident that the trade shook Nomar. The Cubs trade may have been a reaction to Nomar&apos;s performance and attitude in the first half of &apos;04, but Nomar&apos;s performance and attitude was a reaction to the A-Rod trade.

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• CH

  @chicagodude8888 · 1 year ago

  Not adding an extra $1 million/year on a $15 mil/year, 4 year deal almost sounds personal.

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• WE

  @Wetwilly87 · 1 year ago (edited)

  It’s obvious that Nomar will be always be known as a Red Sox player. But for those few years when he was a Dodger player were awesome to see. He at one point was in contention for a gold glove at 1st base but he started to have a couple errors towards the end of the season that killed that notion. I will always remember him being part of the game that the Dodgers hit 4 straight HRs to tie the game against the Padres, with him hitting the walk off in extra innings, a truly magic moment in the history of the Dodgers.

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• NE

  @NegativeIQ-34 · 1 year ago

  Fun fact: The Red Sox gave nomar a ws ring even though he wasnt on the team

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• NE

  @Nein1no · 1 year ago

  Garciaparra was the catalyst of Boston&apos;s soon-to-be success at the time. Without him, the Red Sox probably don&apos;t even try to get Pedro or Manny and thus no Ortiz. He inspired a generation of young fans to get into the game. <br><br>You ask me, he was &apos;culturally&apos; worth 68 million, with an added 0. Red Sox did him dirty (even with that makeup post-retirement). Go figure they&apos;d pretty much do the same to Mookie. Thankfully, Mookie is doing fine.

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