Word: garciaparra
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...hard Red Sox fans, Opening Day signals the start of another season of false hope, fleeting triumph and eventual, inevitable failure. It is a vengeful God indeed that has created a team with Pedro Martinez, Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez that will not win the World Series. But of course, we will still watch them. Indeed, we will root and pray for them. Because, after all, this could be the year...
...Nomar Garciaparra just appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, fresh off back-to-back batting titles and an intensive workout regime. Enter Manny Ramirez, perhaps the best slugger in all of baseball. See Carl Everett, who managed to hit 34 homeruns last year for the Sox while simultaneously head-butting umpires and denouncing the existence of dinosaurs...
Gusmorino and Lee also successfully defeated "Devil's Beastchild," Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus, Karl Marx, James Joyce, Britney Spears, Mr. Rogers, Red Sox player Nomar Garciaparra, "Gonzo, the chicken-loving vaguely humanoid puppet" and "Alf, the cat-loving alien...
...those serious about bringing a championship to Boston, the window of opportunity for this team is closing fast. Pedro Martinez cannot be expected to continue to perform at his present peak level forever, and too many people take for granted that Nomar Garciaparra will be in Boston for his entire career. If the Red Sox cannot pull off a World Series title now--when they have arguably the best hitter in baseball and unquestionably the best pitcher--God help us, because we will never...
Pedro was wrong--he proved to be almost supernatural over the course of the season, compiling a miniscule earned run average in an era of hitting, not pitching. Nomar Garciaparra also duplicated last year's superior performance and is poised to win his second American League batting title in a row. It was the rest of the Red Sox team that proved far too human...