Adios Nomar.

CSNNE broke up the presser into little pieces so possibly in the wrong order:











Maybe it's a little bit silly but this is a good thing. There was a time when Nomar Garciaparra was idolized around here. He meant a lot to the people of this town and, seemingly, they meant a lot to him.

Immediately before he came up, the Sox were not a very good team; they were poorly run and the number of games they won was surprising. Combined with some lingering resentment over the strike, the Sox didn't exactly inspire warm fuzzies. But then Nomar came along and knocked a little hole through the clouds over New England. He was phenomenal to watch and seemed destined for the Hall of Fame.

It's hard to argue that it didn't end the way it should have--they've had plenty of success without him. I think it's safe to say, though, that it didn't end the way anyone would have wanted it to end. It's a nice little corollary to his career.

The idea of him ending up in the media is a bit of a laugher but he seems so calm and happy during the press conference that maybe it'll work out for him.