That?s it. Nomar is gone. A friend from Chicago sent me this email.
Subject: Thank you.. Thank you. Thank you
Body of Message: Please pass along our thanks to your Boston neighbors, friends, cab drivers, anyone you meet on the street.. from Cub fans everywhere! See you and the Yankees in October!
I could not have said it better myself. Reading the Chicago Tribune online Sunday morning was like listening to someone discover a Rembrandt in their attic. The Cubs got one of the best shortstops TO EVER PLAY THE GAME in return for two minor leaguers and a useless shortstop. And not even their best minor leaguers. The Red Sox gave up one of the best shortstops TO EVER PLAY THE GAME and got some malcontent and angry mediocre first baseman and a shortstop that looks like an ewok in a baseball uniform. Hell, they could have gotten Manischewitz WITHOUT giving up Nomar.
One article had this to say.
?The trade that is bringing the 31-year-old Garciaparra, a five-time All-Star and .386 hitter this July, isn't just too good to be true. It's so good that Cubs general manager Jim Hendry needs your prayers. He must have sold his soul to beat the curse.
Hendry should feel guilty about taking advantage of the young Red Sox GM, Theo Epstein. For whatever reason, the most likely being the lingering bad feelings from Epstein's and team President Larry Lucchino's pursuit of Alex Rodriguez last winter, the Red Sox seemed determined to deal the Boston icon, who has been featured in "Saturday Night Live" skits.?
But they had to do something. Nomar was miserable here and was making everyone else miserable. He was treated like crap, whined like a baby, played sick to make a point, and things were getting worse and worse. If reports are true, he was telling the Sox that he might have to go back on the DL to nurse his bruised ego, I mean take care of his leg or heel or something. But now that he is in Chicago word is that he is all better. Funny how getting your way makes things better. Hell, when my daughter is throwing a harry in a store and I finally give in to stop the embarrassment and give her a lollipop, she stops crying too.
This might go down as one of those ?on my watch? things like the fact that people keep bring up that Clemens was lost on Duquette?s watch. Theo is a young GM who traded Nomar to try to make a run at the playoffs and World Series. There was little chance they would have made it with the way things were going, so he gambled. Not sure if it will work out but I will surely miss the ass-kicking Nomar got in the press day after day. I wonder who the next punching bag will be.
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