Lucchino and Theo Have Some Serious Balls Huh?
Jesus Christ. Can you let the guy have his moment without fucking sitting next to him at the podium? I mean the guy loves Boston. He loves the Red Sox. He loves the fans. He always has. He always will. It was his dream to retire as a Red Sox. So let him do it without making him sit next to the two people he despises most. Like seriously what was the point of the One Eyed Bandit being there? Hey Larry do you think Nomar forgot the smear campaign you ran against him after you traded him? Because I certainly didn’t. So spare me the mumbo jumbo about how much he means to you and the Red Sox. You treated him like garbage and now you’re going to sit there with a big smile on your face acting like you guys are best buddies? Disgusting. Let him fucking retire in peace without having your stink rub off on him. Seriously why not invite Steve Buckley to sit up there with him too while you’re at it?
i’ve never heard so much fake laughter in my life.
Nomar kind of sucked full-time from like May 2004-today…
Loved the guy too but let’s not blame Eye Patch and Gorilla suit for Nomar’s ruined career.
Pres, that is 100% the purpose of them allowing Nomar to retire here. Because all the players are getting wind that the Red Sox does exactly that (understatement). The red sox run’s even there most beloved players out of town with smear campaigns, therefore players are starting to question ever wanting to play for them. I mean look at fucking lowell.
They are trying to right this by pretending they are best buddies with Nomar again.
he looks really small…wonder why?
“We never did that, see we’re still great friends” blah blah
Anybody else think Lucchino had some work done? Looks weird….
What a bunch of bullshit.
The guy agreed in principle to a contract extension, then backed out because they didnt toss in a fat signing bonus too. a SIGNING BONUS in a sport where ALL CONTRACTS are 100% GUARANTEED. He got offered a payday comparable to Jeter, then backed off because they didnt throw in like $10 mill more just for signing his name. That was his own version of the events, not mine or the red sox’. Nobody ran him out of town. He only wanted to be here if he was going to be even more grossly overpaid than the other top SSs because he didnt like dealing with all the pressure. Then he sulked for half a year because they tried to dish him for a SS that actually wanted to play here till they got him out of here just like he wanted. But I’m sure he appreciates Pres spinning the story his way. Thanks, Beautiful.
Baskee, what the fuck are you talking about? How is it a smear campaign to say Lowell has injury issues and is a gamble to have as a starting 3rd baseman b/c of that? Have you seen him try to run in September the last 2 seasons?
I agree the Sox use the media to paint themselves as the good guys when players leave and may embellish things for their own benefit, but these 2 situations are not examples of that.
The funny part was when Sean McAdam asked Luchinno if this was a precursor to them returing #5 at Fenway, Luchinno look on his face was a look of panic.
Fuck ALL of you, including you Prez. cant you just appreciate what Nomar’s doing. why do you have to spoil it with your cynicism. Couldn’t you just wake up and say wow Nomar is retiring in a Sox jersey, its a glorious day, wow Nomar is doing the press conference this is cool. Nope because you have this blog now you have to do the opposite of the plan. LOVE YOU NOMAR
Even more insignificant than when Patrick Pass “retired” as a Patriot.
fttheyanks,
Dude, I LOVE nomar. wake up bro.
funai? wtf?
Dear lord where do i begin???
@Ftheyanks-how is he spoiling nomar’s conference?? hes saying Squints and Theo “I vastly overpay for decent players” shoulndt be sitting next him holding his hand for something he certainly does not need them for…
@jacoby sucks-You are mistaken on 2 fronts.
A. Jacoby doesnt suck, plain and simple, end of story.
B. You wonder why he looks small?? No name would surprise me if I found out they took the sauce, except maybe pedro, that cat weighed like 93 lbs. But I really dont think Nomar took them. Look at his cover of S.I. Dudes big but not huge, and certainly not cut. Plus he really doesnt look that small.
my point is.. why on such a glorious day must we discuss all the bad that came with Nomar and his leaving and the ownership. time to just appreciate. we can criticize tomorrow.
Since 1940 only 2 righthanded hitters have won back-to-back batting titles .. Joe DiMaggio and Nomar .. that is it!
In 2000 he hit .372 that is within 15 hits of batting .400 for the season. That is one additional hit every other week.
He carried the Red Sox in the 98 and 99 playoffs to the point Mike Hardgrove ordered IBB in 199 game 5 to Nomar in his 2nd and 3rd AB, in Nomar’s 4th AB he hit a HR.
and in 2003 he came closer to hitting 400 pop outs than actually hitting 400.
2 beastly years do not a legend make.
Nomar is the Rae Carruth of the MLB.
negativity week for EP.
Mike, I wasn’t referring to them talking about his injury, that obviously is the truth. That was post being called out on “smearing” lowell. They were originally saying he has been a bad seed in the club house, complaining that he can’t play.
And he was just a single example. How about claiming bay has a injury to reduce his value to other clubs. There was no such thing…
Man I love the sox, but I hate how every time somebody leaves the sox, which is more frequent this day and age in baseball.. they throw him under the bus.
» michael scarn said: { Mar 10, 2010 – 12:03:09 }
and in 2003 he came closer to hitting 400 pop outs than actually hitting 400.
2 beastly years do not a legend make.
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Nomar’s Red Sox year’s ….
5 top 10 MVP award finishes and another season with an 11th place finish
5 all-star games (should have been 6 but Mike Hardgrove picked Visquel over Nomar and in that same season Nomar finished 2nd in the MVP race)
From 1997-2004 his numbers with the Sox
BA
97 .306
98 .323
99 .357 Led League
00 .372 Lead League
01 .289
02 .310
03 .301
04 .308
and in the year you mentioned, 2003 his numbers: .301 28HR, 105RBI, 19SB, .345OBP, .870OPS 198hits
What else you got?
The guy was a legend, people forget how great he was.
Fucking pumped I can bust out my Nomar jersey with pride again. Willhunting I agree, guy’s an absolute legend and he’s always remained my favorite Sox player (not including Trot clearly).