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Article: STILL PLAYING DEFENSE GARCIAPARRA FUMES OVER ACCUSATIONS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2004
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DENVER - NOMAR GARCIAPARRA JUST WANTS TO PLAY.Boston's All-
Star shortstop is tired of the stories - some new, others that have
been around for years - that always seem to crop up when his name is
mentioned.
Some of those tales include whether Garciaparra purposely delayed
his return from a recent Achilles' injury as a message to management,
either in response to not receiving a contract extension or lingering
bitterness over the offseason pursuit of Alex Rodriguez. He's tired
of people speculating about property he's thinking of buying or
selling.
Then there's the old story about him preferring to ply his trade
somewhere other than Boston. That one particularly irks Garciaparra
because ...