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Originally posted by Cozmo
I've never lived in Boston or followed the Red Sox, but I tend to believe that Cub fans will treat him better, even in the media unlike in Boston... Nomar may just find a home in the friendly confines with fans that are used to mediocre players at SS
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First thing is that the city of Boston never resented nor treated Nomar poorly in any way. Speaking as a life-long Sox fan, we would've loved to see Nomar finish out his career here even if he isn't the same player as he was in 2000. Nomar's agent is the real poison in this debacle along with mis-management and all the sports writers not named Peter Gammons. I do hope Nomar does well with the Cubs, but based on the decline I've seen in the last few years, Nomar is an extreme liability at short. Sure he can hit better than A-Gon, but defensively he's horrible --- and remember, this is coming from me, a huge Nomar fan.
Second, the Cubbies did not need more hitting; they needed sure hands at the toughest spot in the field. Cabrera would've helped them greatly, but now he's in beantown and Nomar is giving the Cubs opponents extra outs, each and every game. For Nomar's sake I hope he doesn't have an incident like A-Gon did last NLCS.