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No, he wasen't in the original talks. Clement was said over 2 weeks ago he WAS NOT FOR TRADE. It even came right out of Hendry's mouth, Clement and Guzman were not up for negotiating trades. When are peole going to get Clement off the brain, he was never, ever offered for Nomar. You can quote Hendry on it too, he said it.
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Actually, he was a part of the trade talks and the Red Sox opted for Mientkiewicz instead of Clement because they needed to solidify the infield.
From the August 1st
Gammons article:
Epstein figured if Nomar had only 60 games left in a Boston uniform and he would play only half of them, he had to try to move him. The Cubs would have traded Matt Clement and Orlando Cabrera (who they would have first gotten from the Expos) for Garciaparra and Derek Lowe, but given the opportunity to get a great defensive first baseman, Epstein went for Doug Mientkiewicz and Cabrera and figures that Lowe will be a better pitcher with a vastly different defense.
Hopefully, Clement will be ours (the Red Sox) next season. Take care of Nomar for us.