Nomar Garciaparra Quotes

Nomar Garciaparra — American Athlete born on July 23, 1973,

Anthony Nomar Garciaparra 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... (wikipedia)

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

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

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

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.

I love the game of baseball.

Nomar Garciaparra Quotes

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