Critics hail latest Epstein move
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:46 pm by SJK
On Wednesday morning, the Boston Red Sox announced they had signed their former superstar shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to a minor-league contract so that the player could declare his retirement as a member of his old team.
The move has been greeted with rave reviews, as pundits far and wide have proclaimed the transaction as another example of Theo Epstein's superior intelligence.
ESPN runs headline, "Epstein finds another diamond in the rough."
MLB Network's Peter Gammons roars, "I'm aroused!"
Fangraphs states, "Theo has infinite WAR!"
Bill Simmons shouts, "Nomar has ended the curse of Orlando Cabrera! Theo has finally found a shortstop! Larry Bird! Robert Parish!"
Bravo! Bravo!
*Props to Stringfellow Hawke, Jake Fratelli, and Mick Shrimpton for also contributing to this post
classy
hail.
A feel good story for small market underdog
Especially after they shit on him in 04 and ran him outta town before the playoffs.. You Stay Classy Boston!
Swan Song: Nomar Garciaparra
To be fair, Shysterball’s tweets about it make the entire episode worthwhile.
I hope the red sox miss the playoffs for the next 25 years.
I vote for Mutt.
All-time favorite Redsocks: Boggs, Ruth, Lyle, Clemens.
. . . and remember, Nomah, Ortiz, Manny and Papps did not take steroids (or HGH).
Perhaps the greatest photoshop in history.
@Joltin’ Jolt
It’s tough out there for a sox
The indie precursor to this, about Jeff Nelson’s one-day contract to retire as a Yankee, had way more heart.
The Birth of A Nation reference is great.
I offah my services to play Nomah is this movie.
release him right before they win a championship.
re-sign him right after yankees win a championship.
meant trade
fuck nomar garciaparra’s fucking nose
Now he gets to sit back at home with his wife Mia Hamm and gaze together at the 2004 WS ring the Red Sox were kind to send him. What a nice reminder that they did it w/o you.
“I was afraid to walk the streets”-Theo commenting on how he felt after the trade…..REALLY? REALLY? If you watch that press conference there are LOLZ for days.
who gives a sh** ! if we had andy or roger in 04 we never would have lost that fckn series
The best part is the Fangraphs reference. That’s genius.
wow, this site is truely obsessed with the sox. i thought this was a yankee site?
The Red Sox signal went off, here come the Boston fans.
It only took four of you to come up with that? Nice work.
eat my gash, john.
I’m pretty sure Simmons also compared the move to a scene from “Heat”
why would Nomar want to retire as a Red Sox? I know he got his start there, but the way he left – I would think there would be harsh feelings on both sides. And I can’t remember what they got back for him anymore…
They have great medical… since I’m made of glass I could use it at this later stage in life
One last HGH party with Pappi, that was what he was required to do in his last day
My husband has a small penis.
Mi Hamm telling it like it is folks.
My husband also has a small penis
Ditto
stop complaining! my husband is a rat.. and all red sox players/fans have small penises, even the women (theirs are a bit bigger than the guys, mine is bigger than pedey’s)
Pedroia IS a penis