21st double, the most by a rookie shortstop prior to the All-Star break, breaking the mark set by Boston's Nomar Garciaparra in 1997. Marquis allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings. The righty struck out five and did not walk
native of Worcester, Mass., has all kinds of cool New England connections. LaHair grew up a Red Sox fan, and Nomar Garciaparra was his favorite player. Garciaparra’s younger brother, Michael, and LaHair became friends in the Mariners
Florida State outfielder James Ramsey four picks later. Boston, still looking for a steady shortstop since trading Nomar Garciaparra in 2004, took Arizona State's Deven Marrero. With the final pick of the opening round, No. 31 (awarded for
he set the team record for hits by a rookie with 205, a mark that stood until 1997 when fellow Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra , with whom he became very close, had 209. He also hit .331 his rookie year, second in the American League only
conference explaining the four-team trade that sent Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs and brought the Red Sox shortstop Orlando ..... people wrote about it as if we'd traded six years of Nomar Garciaparra . We didn't own that, nor did we have any great
month and year, there were as many as four acceptable answers: Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada and Nomar Garciaparra . (Since I'm certain the matter is unsettled in certain precincts, please note I listed those names in no particular
Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Bobby Doerr and Dennis Eckersley plus Pedro Martinez, Luis Tiant, Nomar Garciaparra , Mo Vaughn and Johnny Pesky. Terry Francona, let go as manager after last year's September collapse that cost
and finally upgraded to Spike Owen, whose only resemblance to Cal Ripken was that they were both breathing. When Nomar Garciaparra came up with his phantom injury in 2004, the shortstop duties were shared by Pokey Reese and - remember this guy
home runs and 20 stolen bases (he has 31) in a season. It's been accomplished seven times, the last time by Nomar Garciaparra in 1997. Dustin Pedroia hit another two-run shot in the inning, his 16th, to pull the Sox within one. ''The
Hendry's coup de grace may have come on July 31, 2004, when he engineered a four-team deal that brought shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox. There were clunkers, too, such as sending good young pitchers to the Florida