Word: garciaparra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Approaching the lane for the last bowl of the game, Putnam rubs his hands over the hand dryer and checks his shoes--habits he says he usually performs before every bowl. "It's sort of like how Nomar Garciaparra always checks his sleeves and things before he hits...
...sold to the Yankees in 1919--or because of a pall of New England Puritan guilt, or decades of nerves frayed into vermicelli by the exploits of Bucky Dent or Bill Buckner. The Sox lost because two mighty players--Pedro Martinez, the best pitcher in baseball, and Nomar Garciaparra, the finest shortstop whose first name happens to be his father's name spelled backward, at least until there's a better shortstop named Bob--could not carry 23 relative mediocrities on their backs...
...with Nomar Garciaparra blasting grand slams against Seattle and Pedro Martinez striking out Mark McGwire en route to All-Star MVP honors, they metamorphosed into the Boys of Summer. Now that their season has sadly concluded prematurely, like the Dodger cry of old, they must once again promise, "Wait 'til next year...
...became transfixed every time Pedro Martinez took the mound or even when the old warhorse Brett Saberhagen tested out his reconstructed shoulder. As Williams said in postgame interviews Monday, this is a team that the city of Boston loves, both for its flashy stars (Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra) and its less shining, but still stellar, players (Troy O'Leary, Jason Varitek, Derek Lowe--the last two products of a wonderous trade of Heathcliffe Slocumb to Seattle...
...Chris: We can't? When Nomar [Garciaparra] hits well, I say, "Get your Nomar franks...