Nomar Garciaparra

Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (/ˈnoʊmɑːr ɡɑːrˌsiːəˈpɑːrə/; born July 23, 1973) is a former American Major League Baseball player and current SportsNet LA analyst. After playing parts of nine seasons as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, he played third base and first base for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics. He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a single game, and the only player to achieve the feat at his home stadium.

Garciaparra is a six-time All-Star (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006). In 2001, he suffered a wrist injury, the first in a series of significant injuries that plagued the remainder of his career.

Early years

Garciaparra, who is of Mexican-American descent, was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1991 draft, but did not sign. Garciaparra attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California.

Garciaparra attended Georgia Tech, where he helped the Yellow Jackets reach the College World Series title game in 1994 (they would lose to Oklahoma). Future Boston teammate Jason Varitek was also a member of that team. He was an Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star and a first team All-American twice in 1993–94.

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern United States and is the United States' 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the west and north. The state of New York, with an estimated 19.8 million residents in 2015, is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City, the state's most populous city and its economic hub.

With an estimated population of nearly 8.5 million in 2014, New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. The New York City Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City is a global city, exerting a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York City is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world, as well as the world's most economically powerful city. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State. Two-thirds of the state's population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% live on Long Island. Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th century Duke of York, future King James II of England. The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany.

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Major League Wrestling, was a popular professional wrestling promotion that described itself as hybrid wrestling

Supreme Hockey League, the second highest level of ice hockey in Russia formerly known as the Major League

Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football in Tonga

Ukrainian Major League, former semi-professional ice hockey league in Ukraine, known only as the "Major League"

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league. A total of 30 teams now play in two divisions, the American League (AL) and National League (NL), with 15 teams in each. The AL and NL operated as separate legal entities from 1901 and 1876 respectively, until 2000, when they were merged into a single organization known as Major League Baseball. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities since 1903, in 2000 the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. The organization also oversees minor league baseball leagues, which comprise about 240 teams affiliated with the major-league clubs. With the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament.

Baseball's first professional team was founded in Cincinnati in 1869. The first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one team or league to another. The period before 1920 in baseball was known as the dead-ball era; players rarely hit home runs during this time. Baseball survived a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, which came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal. The sport rose in popularity in the 1920s, and survived potential downturns during the Great Depression and World War II. Shortly after the war, baseball's color barrier was broken by Jackie Robinson.

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York City, New York, that competes in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Yankees are a member of MLB's American League (AL) East division. The Yankees are one of two Major League clubs based in New York, the other being the New York Mets.

The club began play in the AL in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (not to be confused with the modern Baltimore Orioles.) Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise (which had ceased operations) and moved it to New York City, renaming the club as the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed as the "Yankees" in 1913.

The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, an LLC controlled by the family of George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Former catcher Joe Girardi is the team's manager, and Brian Cashman is the team's general manager. The team's home games were played at Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. In 2009, they moved into a new ballpark of the same name after the previous venue closed. The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance—in 2011, the Yankees had the second-highest attendance.

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Garciaparra, Nomar Filmography

Play in Full Screen Knuckleball!

2012, role: actor , character name: Boston Red Sox Shortstop
Play in Full Screen Ted Williams

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Bluetopia: The LA Dodgers Movie

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Running the Sahara

2007, role: producer
Play in Full Screen 2006 MLB All-Star Game

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Red Sox Shortstop
Play in Full Screen Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Curse of the Bambino

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen 2003 MLB All-Star Game

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Shortstop: Boston Red Sox
Play in Full Screen 2002 MLB All-Star Game

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Shortstop: Boston Red Sox
Play in Full Screen Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History

2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee
Play in Full Screen 2000 MLB All-Star Game

2000, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Shortstop: Boston Red Sox
Play in Full Screen 1999 MLB All-Star Game

1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen 1997 MLB All-Star Game

1997, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Shortstop: Boston Red Sox
Play in Full Screen Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad

1992, role: actor , character name: Himself

Famous quotes by Nomar Garciaparra:

"God, Ted, I knew I liked you!"

"If you were in a skid, Pedro would come in and stop the bleeding at times. He can give you a boost when he goes out there because you know he wants the ball every time. Every fifth day he's asking for that ball, and he's such a competitor, and you play so well behind him because he just breeds that when he steps on the mound."

"As we went along, it was my call along with the trainer. I felt great, so I said let's keep going."

"It was nice to be out there. I ran well. Things like that are going to keep coming. This is what I've been working hard for."

"I don't know if there's more pressure this time of the season. We put pressure on ourselves to perform."

"The reward is just being able to play again, ... I want to be back to play with these guys."

"The three of us just want to be back and be a part of it and hopefully help in any way possible, ... I think that's our mentality."

"Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek."

"We're going to be smart,"

"Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that."

"That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes."

"People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldn't matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. That's how I started tapping my toes."

"People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter."

"People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game."

"When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage."

"You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day."

"I love the game of baseball."

"It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play."

"My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it."

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Nomar Garciaparra

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Nomar Garciaparra career highlights

2009/07/06 Nomar salutes the fans at Fenway

Nomar Garciaparra 2 Grand Slams 10 RBI Night Fenway Park!

Nomar and The Rock (Full Segment)

BOS@NYY: Garciaparra homers twice off Weaver

Nomar hits his second grand slam of the game

Nomar relishes his night at Fenway Park

Nomar Garciaparra's advice for New York Yankees Derek Jeter

ALCS Gm1: Nomar throws out the ceremonial first pitch

The Ritual of the Nomah'

Garciaparra, Nomar Filmography

Famous quotes by Nomar Garciaparra:

"God, Ted, I knew I liked you!"

"As we went along, it was my call along with the trainer. I felt great, so I said let's keep going."

"It was nice to be out there. I ran well. Things like that are going to keep coming. This is what I've been working hard for."

"I don't know if there's more pressure this time of the season. We put pressure on ourselves to perform."

"The reward is just being able to play again, ... I want to be back to play with these guys."

"The three of us just want to be back and be a part of it and hopefully help in any way possible, ... I think that's our mentality."

"Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek."

"We're going to be smart,"

"Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that."

"That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes."

"People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldn't matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. That's how I started tapping my toes."

"People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter."

"People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game."

"When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage."

"You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day."

"I love the game of baseball."

"It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play."

"My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it."

Nomar Garciaparra career highlights

2009/07/06 Nomar salutes the fans at Fenway

Nomar Garciaparra 2 Grand Slams 10 RBI Night Fenway Park!

Nomar and The Rock (Full Segment)

BOS@NYY: Garciaparra homers twice off Weaver

Nomar hits his second grand slam of the game

Nomar relishes his night at Fenway Park

Nomar Garciaparra's advice for New York Yankees Derek Jeter

ALCS Gm1: Nomar throws out the ceremonial first pitch

The Ritual of the Nomah'

Nomar Garciaparra career highlights

2009/07/06 Nomar salutes the fans at Fenway

Nomar Garciaparra 2 Grand Slams 10 RBI Night Fenway Park!

Nomar and The Rock (Full Segment)

BOS@NYY: Garciaparra homers twice off Weaver

Nomar hits his second grand slam of the game

Nomar relishes his night at Fenway Park

Nomar Garciaparra's advice for New York Yankees Derek Jeter

ALCS Gm1: Nomar throws out the ceremonial first pitch

The Ritual of the Nomah'

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