Nomar Garciaparra News

In what figures to be a compelling Monday night at Fenway Park, a future Hall of Famer will make his first home start for his new team while a former franchise icon will play in Boston for the first time in five years.

As a horde of major league All-Stars crowded around an aging Ted Williams at Fenway Park in 1999, the Hall of Famer kept asking, ``Where's my man?'' Then Nomar showed up, just like he did last night, beaming.

Nomar Garciaparra was No. 1 at Fenway Park again, but he got a hand from starter Brett Anderson, who threw a two-hitter. Before we go anywhere, let's try to remember just how big Nomar was, and how much he was loved around here.

All weekend long, while the Red Sox slugged it out with the scrappy Seattle Mariners as the background noise for holiday parties region-wide, NESN offered breathless advertisements promoting Nomar Garciaparra's return to Fenway Park tonight.

Janice Page is a big Red Sox fan, so big that she's the self-proclaimed biggest fan in New Hampshire.

Injuries may have robbed Nomar Garciaparra of some of the abilities that made him a Boston icon for nine seasons, but that won't make his return to Fenway Park any less special.

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Dodger manager Joe Torre was peppered with various questions before the game against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

On a steaming hot day by the Bay when Rockies' hitters took a cold shower, Aaron Cook once again proved why he's the rock of their rotation.

Remember when the American League was loaded with outstanding offensive shortstops? Two-time AL batting king Nomar Garciaparra was playing shortstop for the Red Sox.

Though Tim Lincecum's popularity among Giants fans probably can't soar any higher, he pushed his approval rating through the stratosphere Tuesday night.

Maybe those 1989 A's would have been beatable if Tim Lincecum were a Giant that year.

The carousel known as the shortstop position for the Boston Red Sox since the 2003 season has a direct correllation to their ace and 2007 playoff sensation.

When he emerged from the room, all of his teammates in the Albuquerque Isotopes clubhouse were waiting to congratulate him.

Oakland dropped two games to Baseball's winningest team this week, but if the A's want to take anything positive out of losing the series, at least they played the Dodgers tight all three nights.

Mannywood is headed to New Mexico. Manny Ramirez is tentatively scheduled to return to the playing field Tuesday with the Dodgers' triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque, according to sources with knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

Who among us was taken aback by the news that Sammy Sosa used performance-enhancing drugs to fuel his bulked-up career? We'd already witnessed Sosa's flim-flam act before a congressional committee investigating steroids, his sudden inability to speak English after hard questions came.

In honor of Nomar Garciaparra's first visit to Dodger Stadium as a member of the Oakland A's, the former Dodgers player had a small gift waiting for him in the visitor's clubhouse.

It seems as though Jason Giambi's 38-year-old legs have been a bit cranky more often than not this season, but they usually don't prevent him from playing.

Ryan Sweeney may not be back to normal quite yet, but Saturday's workout just might have given him an indication that things are progressing in a positive direction.