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'Feeding the Monster': the Nomar Saga
2006-07-12 22:26
by Bob Timmermann

Here's a link to an excerpt from Seth Mnookin's Feeding the Monster. It is Mnookin's chapter about how the Red Sox and Nomar Garciaparra parted ways.

From reading this I wonder if anyone ever leaves the Red Sox just because they want to, or does there have to a dramatic backstory developed for it?

If you're say, Jhonny Peralta, and you leave Cleveland would it be that big of a deal?

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2006-07-13 04:06:48
1.   unmoderated
Wow, that's melodramatic. Makes it sound as though Nomar was the first guy to ever be traded.
2006-07-13 04:48:09
2.   DXMachina
Biggest bunch of drama queens in sport, from the owner on down to the fans. Especially the fans of God's chosen franchise.
2006-07-13 07:31:59
3.   Bob Timmermann
1
You mean Nomar Garciaparra wasn't the first player to be traded?

2
I thought God's chosen franchise was the Rockies?

2006-07-13 07:48:18
4.   Shaun P
2 Trying living near Boston.

You eventually learn to avoid ALL local media, even non-sports media.

2006-07-13 08:03:11
5.   DXMachina
4 - I do, thus my perspective on the matter.

3 - Not according to Red Sox fans and the Gospel according to Daniel (Shaughnessy).

2006-07-13 08:43:36
6.   Cliff Corcoran
Peralta might be a bad example, as he's been signed to a long-term deal to be the cornerstone of a potential championship team.
2006-07-13 08:46:53
7.   Bob Timmermann
I was getting ready for bed then. How about Yuniesky Betancourt?

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