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is NOMAR a HOF'er???

Lothar52Lothar52 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭
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what do you all think??? Will he get 3000 hits in his career??? what the fiasco in boston too much to overcome as far as getting him in with a red sox cap on??

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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    Maybe if he gets 3000 hits.

    he's a delicate flower, i dont think he lasts more than a few more seasons.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No way.


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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No way. No Chance. NEVER. I like the guy but HOF?
  • ernie11ernie11 Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only if he regained the power he had earlier in his career. Good player, but not HOF.
  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, just don't see him in the Hall. 2 batting titles were nice, but that's about all he's got goin' for him. Now if he were to get to 3,000...
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I dont know why I say this but does anyone other than me see Nomar retiring in a few years? I dont think he will even get to 3000 hits.
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭
    Nomar noway.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    His wife can play with my balls anytime image

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  • dallasactuarydallasactuary Posts: 4,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He's turning 34 next month, he's probably the worst-hitting first baseman in the major leagues, and he's barely halfway there; why is the possibility of him getting 3,000 hits even being considered? I'll be surprised if he gets to 2,000.
    This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Nope



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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭
    not yet
    he'll be compared, for the most part, as a SS and that won't help
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  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    no
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Maybe the halls of medicine of all those injuries
  • tcmitssrtcmitssr Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    Nope, he's not.
  • basestealerbasestealer Posts: 1,579 ✭
    6 decent seasons in 11 years. Career numbers are subpar. Injury-prone, aging, and declining fast. 1 homerun so far this year. Just 1. If he were second-rate and performing at this level, he might be able to negotiate a few more seasons. Considering the money LA spent, they will want to deal him or toss him ASAP, and his price will go way down (assuming a club will want him), and that will be a huge embarassment for him--a decision most players make facing this is retirement. He never really had power--Fenway was his power. He should have stayed in Boston.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>He should have stayed in Boston. >>



    Huh?

    He got traded to the Cubs..
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>He should have stayed in Boston. >>



    Huh?

    He got traded to the Cubs.. >>



    his attitude and "commitment" got him traded. No way he will deserve to be in the HOF.
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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Barndog hit the nail as far his departure from Boston went, he was on his own page and that was that. Good riddance to him at the time but I dont harbor any bad feelings on him but again he will not even come close to 3000 hits let alone the HOF.
  • fandangofandango Posts: 2,622 ✭
    No-Way....another steroid casualty....
  • basestealerbasestealer Posts: 1,579 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>He should have stayed in Boston. >>



    Huh?

    He got traded to the Cubs.. >>


    I didnt suggest he had a choice in the matter. What I am saying is that the 300 foot kiddie fence green monster makes a homerun hitter out of the most dismal, lackluster loser if they hit the ball in the right spot. He goes from being a 35 homer guy to a 1 homer guy--it's the ballpark that made him great (or, the ballpark that made him horrible). It's not just his aging decline/injuries.
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I actually believe we will see Nomar on the stage on induction day...when Mia is inducted into the SHOF.
    Mike
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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭
    Based on his career stats overall (remember, first thing I look for when sizing up HOF candidates), he's still several years away (he's just over halfway to those 3000 hits). And him getting hurt for most of last season, not a good sign. After all, isn't that the main reason Canseco didn't even come close to making it even though in the end he (somehow) ended his career with 467 taters?
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  • greencrowgreencrow Posts: 867
    Happy birthday Nomar!
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭
    Well he's going into the Red Sox HOF this year! Of course that's not the Hall of Fame...no offense to my wife (who's a big time Nomar fan) but while his .313 BA is no doubt pretty good, I don't see a meager 1747 hits and 936 RBI's really adding up to any serious HOF contention. Sorry.
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    He had a few very strong seasons but when he ended his career he faded quickly. Too bad. Nice player in his prime.
  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,898 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well he's going into the Red Sox HOF this year! Of course that's not the Hall of Fame...no offense to my wife (who's a big time Nomar fan) but while his .313 BA is no doubt pretty good, I don't see a meager 1747 hits and 936 RBI's really adding up to any serious HOF contention. Sorry. >>




    If he was a Yankee, he'd still have a shot....

    KIDDING.

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  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭


    << <i>He had a few very strong seasons but when he ended his career he faded quickly. Too bad. Nice player in his prime. >>



    Very valid point Larry. I will approve of Nomar Garciaparra being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame only after Don Mattingly is inducted.
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  • DrFongDrFong Posts: 326


    << <i>I dont know why I say this but does anyone other than me see Nomar retiring in a few years? I dont think he will even get to 3000 hits. >>



    Pretty good crystal ball you had. image
    All your money won't another minute buy.
  • mbz430embz430e Posts: 237 ✭✭
    Nomar is still playing? Must have missed that! No go Nomar.
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