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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.”

Repoz Posted: June 05, 2007 at 03:40 PM | 8 comment(s)
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1. Lou Potent Potables (Dan Lee) Posted: June 05, 2007 at 04:41 PM (#2393941)

Looks like El Guapo hasn't given up on earning a championship ring ding.

2. Dr Love Posted: June 05, 2007 at 04:49 PM (#2393948)

El Guapo is the Pride's big marketing push (no pun intended). I don't know if that's sad or clever.

3. Mattbert Posted: June 05, 2007 at 06:17 PM (#2394040)

Hypothetically speaking, if Guapo ever made it back to the bigs where would his Fenway ovation rank compared to other past Sox players making a return appearance in Boston?

I think he could expect at least as warm a reception as Dave Roberts would get.

4. Larry Mahnken Posted: June 05, 2007 at 06:52 PM (#2394082)

"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.”

While I have no doubt that there is a significant portion of the population that would be "fat" no matter what diet and workout regimen they undertook, I believe that a lot of people who fall into that category use it as a crutch to avoid making any real effort to stay healthy, and are way fatter than they should be.

5. Joe Bivens, Ditch Digger Posted: June 05, 2007 at 07:43 PM (#2394134)

I think he could expect at least as warm a reception as Dave Roberts would get.

Nah, not even close.

6. Rough Carrigan Posted: June 05, 2007 at 10:11 PM (#2394461)

He was a hell of a good reliever in 1999 and 2000. At a certain point in '99 he'd become the most reliable guy in the pen other than Derek Lowe.

In game 4 of the 1999 ALDS, the Sox started pummeling Indians pitchers early and built up a huge lead (the Sox eventually won it 23-7). But the Sox starter wasn't so hot that night either. Jimy Williams brought in a few other relievers. Then somewhere in the middle innings the Sox had a 14 run lead when John Wasdin walked someone. Jimy came bouncing out of the dugout motioning for El Guapo. We all got to happily shout "El Guapo!", as was custom, and to laugh that Jimy didn't trust Wasdin with a 14 run lead. Good times.

7. Vaux, A.B.D. Posted: June 05, 2007 at 10:24 PM (#2394510)

When I was twenty, I thought I was such a "fat no matter what" person. I thought this largely because it gave me an excuse for something that was my fault. I changed my mind, and when I was twenty three, I was so thin that I had nerve problems. There is a range of frame sizes, and a range of metabolisms; that's because human populations have adapted to various different climatic and food-availability conditions. Thrifty metabolisms don't make people unhealthy under natural conditions--they allow them to stay healthy. But the United States in the 21st century isn't exactly natural conditions (it's moving back in that direction, though--I can barely afford enough food these days), so all those immigrants from Poland, Russia, and the rest of Eastern Europe who live in the middle of this country think they're just plain "fat." It ain't true... they've just got to work at it.

8. Paul DepoProvera Posted: June 05, 2007 at 10:38 PM (#2394549)

I hear the Yankees are looking for pitching help.

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