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...final pieces were assembled on July 31, the eve of the trading deadline, as the Sox shipped out shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. No-mah, as Boston fans know him, went to the Chicago Cubs in a complicated trade that brought the relatively unknown Orlando Cabrera from Montreal. Trading Garciaparra was risky. He was a baseball Brahmin, descended from the line of Boston icons that included Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. But Garciaparra had been unsettled since the Sox tried to land Rodriguez. It was a gutsy, initially unpopular trade, but it worked out. Says Epstein: "One thing about our ownership--they...
...Oakland A's and the 1996-2000 New York Yankees. The Red Sox seem particularly vulnerable to market forces: as many as 16 of their players could become free agents this off-season, including pitchers Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe, both of whom starred in the playoffs; shortstop Orlando Cabrera, who hit safely in 10 straight postseason games; and catcher Jason Varitek, the clubhouse leader...
...after so many students had gushed forth into Harvard Yard in a somewhat contrived, but still impressive show of emotion, the buzz around campus was all about baseball. The hallowed lecture halls echoed the voices of the Porters and Sandels, but the names of Ortiz and Ramirez and Cabrera and Lowe. The brightest paid homage to the best...
...could siphon from Kerry enough liberal votes to deliver the election to Bush. In the latest TIME poll, Nader draws a surprisingly high 5% of the vote nationally. "Ralph Nader played a spoiler role in the 2000 election, and he could just as easily do it again," complains Jano Cabrera of the Democratic National Committee. Nader says he's running because the Democratic Party is no longer any different from the G.O.P. Both, he says, are beholden to big corporations. He denies reports--confirmed by Republicans themselves--that the G.O.P. has helped fund and support his campaign in the hope...
...Lieberman spokesperson Jano G. Cabrera said that college students, having grown up during the Clinton-Gore years, are more likely to support Lieberman’s centrist policies on free trade, crime, and taxes...