S.I. Garces still fan favorite as he tries to return to majors

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Attempting a comeback to professional baseball this spring with the independent league Nashua Pride, Rich Garces is still an attraction, as evidenced by the Hispanic/Latino Night and poster giveaway held in his honor last week and the forthcoming El Guapo Bobble Belly doll promotion scheduled for July 26. He hasn’t thrown a big-league pitch since 2002, but Sox fans still instantly recognize him. (It should be noted that no poster was actually given away last week. Garces, a Venezuela native, missed the season opener with visa problems, so fans were given a rain check to redeem their poster later in the summer.)

..."I’m a big guy, what can I do?” says Garces. “All my family is like that. If I drink one bottle of water, it’s like five pounds to me.”