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  Nomar Garciaparra Biography | Los Angeles Dodgers | News | Married | Mia Hamm | Injuries | Pictures | Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nomar Garciaparra began playing baseball at a young age and quickly became a star.
When he was nine, Nomar began playing in a league with kids who were four years older than him and he still made the all-star team.
Nomar Garciaparra was quite small and skinny when he was kid and he was nicknamed "Glass" by his teammates because he looked so breakable.
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 Fantasy Baseball Profile - Nomar Garciaparra
Nomar Garciaparra drove in three runs and hit his 20th homer Tuesday despite straining a muscle in his side trying to avoid a tag at the plate in the first inning.
Nomar Garciaparra, recovering from a strained left quad, was not in the starting lineup, but pinch-hit in the ninth and struck out.
Nomar Garciaparra, who sat out his third straight game because of a sprained ligament in his right knee, is expected to return to the lineup on Tuesday for the start of a three-game series at Cincinnati.
www.thomasgeorge.com /baseball/profile.cfm?playerId=1452   (884 words)

  
 RotoChamps.com : Nomar Garciaparra
Nomar Garciaparra has agreed in principle to a one-year deal with the Dodgers with a base salary of $6 million, according to the Boston Herald.
Nomar Garciaparra is expected to begin light running by the end of the week and could begin taking grounders early next week.
Garciaparra told reporters he was hurt by trade talks in the offseason but said he was pleasantly surprised to be still with the Red Sox.
rotochamps.com /mlb-1343-Nomar-Garciaparra.html   (2139 words)

  
 JockBio: Nomar Garciaparra Biography
Nomar finished the season with 30 homers—a record for rookie shortstops—and obliterated Harvey Kuenn’s all-time mark of 85 RBIs by a leadoff hitter with a robust 98.
Nomar was now the undisputed star of the team, and he carried a so-so club into the post-season with 90 wins and another Wild Card slot.
Nomar missed the first third of the season with a sore Achilles heel, and when he came back he was often criticized for what the fans perceived as a lack of toughness.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Nomar/Nomar_bio.html   (4621 words)

  
 JockBio: Facts about Nomar Garciaparra
Nomar was issued a league-leading 20 intentional walks in 2000.
Nomar is known for his intensity in practice.
Mia and Nomar’s wedding was so secret that guests were not informed of its location until the day of the ceremony.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Nomar/Nomar_facts.html   (212 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra : USAToday.com - Nomar Garciaparra Biography from USAToday.com
Nomar Garciaparra's status for Saturday's Game 3 is in question after he aggravated his left quad on Thursday night.
Nomar also has the oblique straight, but it appeared to be the quad that he aggravated tonight.
ET Nomar Garciaparra, who missed the final two games of the regular season with a strained oblique, is expected to be at first base for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=2312   (318 words)

  
 The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - About The Council
Garciaparra chose instead to attend Georgia Tech and played for the Yellow Jackets, where he was only the fourth player in Georgia Tech history with 100+ hits in a single season.
Garciaparra made his Major League debut on August 31, 1996, and his first Major League hit was a home run.
Garciaparra became the 11th player in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with two grand slams in the same game, and he is only the fifth player in Major League history with 30+ homeruns in his first two seasons.
www.fitness.gov /bio_garciaparra.htm   (216 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra Jerseys : Red Sox Jersey
Nomar had an amazing rookie season (.306 BA, 30 HR, 98 RBI, 22 steals), becoming the 6th player to be unanimously voted AL Rookie of the Year in 1997.
Nomar has many routines before stepping onto the diamond, one being refusing to wash his hat during the season.
Nomar has led the AL in batting average twice (1999 and 2000) with is highest being.372 in 2000 which leads all major leaguers for right handers Post WW II era
www.thejerseyspot.com /showcases/nomar-garciaparra-jerseys.html   (287 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra Web Site - Red Sox Baseball.com
Nomar was born and raised in Whittier, California.
Nomar played in the Red Sox farm system until the end of the 1996 season, where he was called up from Triple A Pawtucket to play for the Red Sox.
Nomar hit.310 (9 for 29) with two triples, one homer, and six RBIs in his first nine games with Boston.
redsoxbaseball.tripod.com /players/nomar   (195 words)

  
 In December, I was excited when I read that Nomar Garciaparra would be a Dodger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Garciaparra has been a star since he came to the major leagues in 1997 with the Boston Red Sox.
Although he began this season on the disabled list with a pulled rib cage injury, Garciaparra returned fast, considering a rib cage injury can be difficult to heal for a baseball player.
Garciaparra is a team player who wants to do anything possible to help his team win.
www.dodgerplace.com /nomar.htm   (887 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra — FactMonster.com
Garciaparra was the longtime shortstop for the Boston Red Sox until he was traded to the Chicago Cubs in 2004.
Garciaparra is also known for his idiosyncratic tics when batting, including an elaborate routine of glove adjustments before each pitch.
In July of 2004, Garciaparra was traded to the Chicago Cubs in a four-team deal that brought shortstop Orlando Cabrera and first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz to the Red Sox.
www.factmonster.com /biography/var/nomargarciaparra.html   (329 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra
Nomar Garciaparra is professional baseball player, a shortstop for the Chicago Cubs.
In a blockbuster deal, Garciaparra was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs on 31 July 2004.
Garciaparra is married to Mia Hamm, one of America's premier female professional soccer players.
www.nndb.com /people/475/000023406   (285 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra | The BASEBALL Page
Nomar Garciaparra was the unanimous 1997 American League Rookie of the Year, finished second in MVP voting in 1998, and won batting titles in 1999 and 2000.
The starting shortstop job was Garciaparra's to win in the spring of 1997, and the 23-year old made it clear by outplaying John Valentin, who was switched to a utility role, amidst grumbling.
Garciaparra, traded to the Chicago Cubs on July 31, 2004, was with his uncle in his Charlestown condominium at about 10 p.m.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/garcino01.php   (1776 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs : News : Chicago Cubs News
Garciaparra underwent an MRI scan Thursday at Barnes Jewish Hospital, and was visibly hobbling in the clubhouse.
Garciaparra and the Chicago Cubs refused to put a timetable on how long the shortstop will be sidelined until they decide what course of treatment to take.
It's a frustrating injury for Garciaparra, who signed a one-year, $8.25 million contract with the Cubs this year and was eager to return to form after an injury-filled 2004 season.
chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050421&content_id=1023986&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc   (859 words)

  
 KFFL - Nomar Garciaparra, 1B, Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Nomar Garciaparra was 2-for-4, with six runs batted in, Saturday, Sept. 2, against the Colorado Rockies, according to the Associated Press.
The Associated Press reports Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Nomar Garciaparra is one of 12 finalists for the Comeback Player of the Year, six in the American League and six in the National League.
ESPN reports Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Nomar Garciaparra (ribcage) is not in the lineup Monday, April 3, with a strained rib muscle.
www.kffl.com /player/5389/mlb   (2130 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Cubs fans embrace Nomar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
CHICAGO —; Nomar Garciaparra took the field in the home uniform at one of baseball's cathedrals Sunday afternoon, but the only piece of red on him was his elbow wrap.
Garciaparra went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Chicago's 6-3 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Garciaparra said he hasn't thought about his contract situation — he's a free agent after the season — but acknowledged that the sadness in leaving Boston hit him after he departed from the Metrodome in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/nl/cubs/2004-08-01-nomar-debut_x.htm   (453 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nomar Garciaparra may seem like the most unlikely of hunks, but he's the reason why women who ordinarily could not care less about baseball are following the Sox as though they were the Backstreet Boys.
But Nomar Garciaparra is a big-time baseball crush, the kind this city has not had in a long, long time.
Guilbert herself uses a picture of Nomar and Pedro hugging as the background wallpaper on her computer monitor; she says it's the only photo she's been able to find that has an undisturbed view of Nomar's tush.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/00/06/01/NOMAR_GARCIAPARRA.html   (1715 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 2006
Throughout his career, Nomar was about even in terms of home/road HR splits.
If Grady Little decides to bat Nomar second in the lineup, watch his run totals escalate from the 28 he has last year to the 90-100 range.
Garciaparra in the 10th or 11th with a big smile on your face, and watch him explode this year and post numbers close to the Nomar of old.
www.fantasybaseballcafe.com /2006/sleepers_garciaparra.php   (482 words)

  
 The Original Nomar Garciaparra Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In Nomar's starts, the Sox were 14-7, and Nomar ended the '96 season with a.241 average, 4 homers, and 16 RBI in 24 games.
Nomar began the 1997 season with the Red Sox, and was part of a spring controversy involving incumbent Shortstop, John Valentin.
Nomar has all the tools, the hitting knack, speed, power, glovework, and baseball savvy, to be a premier hitter in the major leagues well into the 21st century.
www.angelfire.com /ma/reznet   (2225 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra | BaseballLibrary.com
Garciaparra was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the first round (12th pick overall) of the 1994 June draft following three years at Georgia Tech and a stint with the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team.
Garciaparra drives home 10 of Boston's runs as he clouts a bases loaded homer in the 1st, a 2-run shot in the 3rd, and another grand slam in the 8th.
Nomar is the first Bosox since Jim Tabor, in 1939, to slam two slams in a game, and just the 9th in ML history.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Garciaparra_Nomar.stm   (1909 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Nomar Garciappara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Garciaparra was born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California.
Garciaparra actually got his unique middle name from his father, who wanted to name his son something that incorporated all the letters of his own name but was not the same.
Nomar Garciaparra was indeed the best rookie in the game during the 1997 season.
www.gale.com /free_resources/chh/bio/garciaparra_n.htm   (1400 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
Garciaparra, a Southland native who lives in suburban Manhattan Beach with soccer star wife Mia Hamm, reportedly agreed to a one-year contract worth a base salary of $6 million and incentives that could increase the value to $8 million.
Garciaparra has made three postseason appearances with the Red Sox and was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1997, when he won the Silver Slugger Award as the best-hitting shortstop in a league that included Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter.
Garciaparra is reunited with new Dodgers manager Grady Little, his Boston manager in 2002 and 2003, and former Red Sox teammates Mueller and Derek Lowe.
mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051218&content_id=1283661&vkey=hotstove2005&fext=.jsp   (785 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: Nomar Garciaparra traded to Cubs in four-team deal
Garciaparra is a five-time All-Star and a two-time AL batting champion, and is in the final year of his contract.
Published but unattributed speculation from within the front office that he was taking his time coming back upset Garciaparra anew before all seemed forgotten when he returned to a series of standing ovations on June 9.
Garciaparra's best season was 1998, when he batted.323 with 35 home runs and 122 RBI.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2001993836_webnomar31.html   (470 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Garciaparra centerpiece of major swap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Garciaparra was in the final year of his contract, and Red Sox GM Theo Epstein said he wasn't confident the team would be able to re-sign the two-time AL batting champion.
Garciaparra was dressed in his Red Sox jersey, preparing to play at Minnesota, when he heard about the trade.
Garciaparra, 31, is batting.321 with five home runs and 21 RBI in 38 games this season.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2004-07-31-garciaparra-trade_x.htm   (1190 words)

  
 ABC News: Garciaparra Agrees to $6M Dodgers Deal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Garciaparra also considered the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros before agreeing Sunday Dec. 18, 2005 to a $6 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional $4 million in performance bonuses.
Garciaparra also considered the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros before agreeing Sunday to a $6 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional $4 million in performance bonuses.
Garciaparra played under Little in 2002-03 with the Red Sox, and was teammates with pitcher Derek Lowe and Mueller in Boston.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1421885   (476 words)

  
 Nomar Garciaparra Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Nomar Garciaparra was born on Monday, July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California.
Garciaparra was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 31, 1996, with the Boston Red Sox.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Nomar Garciaparra baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=garcino01   (232 words)

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