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(TEXT OF GARCIAPARRA'S REMARKS BELOW) Nomar Garciaparra was a sports icon in Boston, a city known for its sports icons. For a generation of Red Sox fans, he was the face of the team, until the fateful day in 2004 when he was traded for 1B Doug Mientkiewicz and shortstop Orlando Cabrera in the midst of the franchise's first world championship season in several generations. Who knows how history would have played out had he signed the contract extension he’d been offered by the ball club eralier in the spring? He almost-certainly would not have been traded, and it's very possible The Curse would never have come to an end in St Louis (or even three years later in Colorado). The divorce certainly worked out for the organization, but not so much for the player. He cer ...

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