It’s been five years since the Boston Red Sox shipped Nomar Garciaparra out of town, a move that, if you believe the superstitious nitwits of the world, catapulted the team to their first World Series championship since before the invention of oxygen.
I’m guessing that most Red Sox fans have moved on from the whole Nomar thing – two titles helps – but I’m also guessing that there are more than a few who still harbor a soft spot in their hearts for the man who was once the toast of Boston. Those sentimental few will be able to pay their respects to Nomar in person on Monday night as, for the first time since the trade, Garciaparra returns to Fenway Park.
Quick quiz: Which uniform will Nomar be wearing when he takes the field at Fenway for the first time since the trade? That’s right Tim Kurkjian: the uniform of the Oakland A’s. Only a wonk like Mr. Kurkjian would know something like that. Most of the rest of us thought Nomar was either on the DL for the Dodgers, playing in Japan or living in Jimmy Fallon’s basement, much to the delight of Jimmy Fallon‘s hot nympho sister Kate Hudson.
Red Sox fans will give Nomar a warm welcome I’m sure. There’s no reason for them not to. They got their championships. Any bitterness now would just be silly and self-indulgent. If they can show magnanimity toward Bill Buckner, they certainly can toward Nomar.
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