look , I am not disputing garciaparra is one of the best hitters in the game.
I just know that when he was healthy and playing the sox were mediocre. when he didnt play, the sox won a lot more games and generally just played and produced better and were better on defense.
I dont think the red sox could have won the WS with Garciappara instead of Cabrera. the sox even looked better when Pokey was the starter and is maybe half the hitter Nomar is.
Nomar also is a very unapproachable guy for the most part who didnt exactly have a ton of friends on the team. he isnt exactly your ideal clubhouse guy, like say damon or millar are.
I'm glad youure happy to have him, maybe he just needs a new surrounding.
I still say his defense stinks though
sabermetrics really has me thinking differently, you have to look at the guys defense just as much as his offense and crunch the math in how it relates to to the final score of the game combined with other fators. its complicated crap, but theo came to the conclusion that his hitting .300 isnt enough to overcome his shoddy play at SS and could no longer tolerate his clubhouse antics.
also, you never responded to what have the cubs done to improve for the year unless you are just simply saying that losing sammy is 'addition by subtraction'