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Article: LA STORY: GARCIAPARRA ADAPTS NEW BASE OF OPERATIONS SEEMS TO SUIT EX-SHORTSTOP
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO - Grady Little marvels at what he's witnessing.
A Nomar Garciaparra renaissance. "Right now," said the Dodgers
manager as he sat in his office making out the lineup card before
yesterday's game against the Giants, "he's hitting a curveball about
as well as you can hit it. "From the day he showed up here, he's
worked and worked on every phase of his game. We changed his
position, and because he's such a good athlete, he's adapted to it
so easily. He continues to get better." Garciaparra, a career
.320 hitter entering the season, said he's comfortable playing for
Little again, this time on the Dodgers instead of the Red Sox, and