Despite his greatness, Moses was never allowed to win the big one. He had sinned. But the Israelites had sinned as well; they had worshipped a Golden Calf. And Red Sox Nation had its golden calf moment. The Red Sox traded for false idol Alex Rodriguez in the 2003/4 offseason; he was to displace Garciaparra as shortstop and leader. Though the transaction was nixed, and Nomar remained. And then, in July, just weeks before the trade, Red Sox Nation did the unthinkable; they worshipped hated rival Derek Jeter. As Dan Shaughnessy recalls, in a Biblical narrative,
then came the nationally televised midsummer game at Yankee Stadium, when Nomar refused to play while Derek Jeter saved the game with a face-first plunge into the stands behind third base.
Whereas Jeter was a gamer, a real leader, Garciaparra was an illusion, a sulking and selfish quitter. Red Sox Nation had given up on Nomar, and coveted Jeter, the Yankees’ own golden boy. Yet Red Sox Nation was given the promised land, and Nomar was left to die on the banks of the River Jordan, in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland.
Citing the numerous injuries that have (10) plagued Garciaparra’s career, and the SI cover photo of a frame bulking beyond its natural contours, one could be forgiven for thinking Nomar sinned against the commandment banning performance-enhancers. But Moses was able- at the age of one hundred and twenty- to climb a mountain in order to die; that can’t be natural either.
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Posted: March 12, 2010 at 01:00 PM |
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Of course that's complete bullshit, but it is kind of poetic in a hyperbolic sorta way, and certainly more entertaining than Conlin.
I can always tell when an article is written by someone who never dug ditches or stocked a Five and Dime store for a summer.
I know, I hate the ridiculous articles from the Boston media and the comments after about how he must have used roids. The man's a pro athlete, at the time in his mid twenties. In the offseason, he can work out (and probably did) 4-6 hours a day. He's not a freakishly large guy. It just seems like sour grapes to me that he must have abused drugs to get that cut, because it's not possible any other way.
See, that's quality blurbing. Not everybody drops Biblical Hebrew in their blurbs.
Meanwhile, this guy's a moron, Nomar ruled, and I'm tired of hearing this kind of crap from Boston scribes, as though Nomar were personally responsible for 80 years of losing or some ####### thing.
I've been a fan of several teams in several sports over the course of my life and I can probably count on a single hand all of the players I've hated after they left my team. Who was the last star to leave Boston with a "happy trails" or "good luck"?
What was the general reaction to Boggs' post-Sox career?
Hell, Pokey made a very similar play earlier in the game without jumping 15 feet into the stands.
Forget it, Jake. It's Jetertown.
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