Apologies, I hadn’t realised the archives and commenting functions on this site had stopped working with my new domain name, but that should be fixed now. Here’s a comment I’ve received via e-mail:
Have to disagree on your opinion. I was very sick of Nomar and his prima donna attitude, his sulking in the dugout, his joyless baseball and lack of effort, his goddamn ticks in the box during every at bat, and his sucking in the post season. He was terrible last year in the post season - he’d have men on base and was a guaranteed popup over the infield on the first pitch. He’s gotten enough free passes from the fans and it’s clear he wanted out anyway. He was the best SS in baseball till he got hit on the wrist, but he’s past his prime and we got the best we could for him. I’m a fan of Mientkiewicz- he had a great 2003 season- I even voted for him for the all-star game last year. Weren’t you sick of all those bloody unearned runs? We got ourselves gold gloves! When Pokey comes back we’ll have an ironclad infield.
Besides, this team wasn’t going to win anything anyway with the current lineup. You gotta give Theo props for being brave enough to shake things up.
I guess time will tell. We’ll see.
And here’s my $0.02: I’m not saying the Nomar trade will necessarily be bad. I just think it’s the end of an era, and there’s something to be said about mourning losses. Here’s a shot of happier times:
