"Nomar Garciaparra, a two-time batting champion and six-time All-Star, revealed last summer that he had a recurring dream of one day playing for the Red Sox again. That never came to fruition, so Garciaparra did the next best thing on Wednesday morning, announcing his retirement at a news conference held by his original team.
An icon during his time with the Red Sox -- which started in 1996 and ended with an abrupt trade to the Chicago Cubs on July 31, 2004 -- Garciaparra will start a career in broadcasting with ESPN.
Garciaparra flew to Fort Myers to make the announcement so he could retire in ceremonious fashion, signing a one-day contract with the team with which he had most of his best moments. The Red Sox selected Garciaparra -- a star shortstop until moving to the corner infield spots later in his career -- in the first round of the 1994 First-Year Player Draft.
"The dream to play baseball in the big leagues started here," Garciaparra said at a news conference held at City of Palms Park. "I really wanted to have that be the last uniform I ever put on."
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what an ego-less, class act and a Champion all at once..*vbs*..and what a fairytale ending for this fan and all of Red Sox Nation
