Nomar to Oakland

[bassNspear]

ESPN Reports:

Nomar Garciaparra and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to terms on a one-year deal, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The A's will make the announcement on Friday, the Chronicle reported.

Conversations between Garciaparra, who had been contemplating retirement, and the A's have been percolating for a couple of weeks.

Garciaparra, 35, batted .264 in 55 games for the Dodgers last season, as he battled injuries. Oakland's interest in him is presumably to help them balance their lineup: The right-handed hitting Garciaparra hammered lefties last season, going 19-for-56, with four homers and a 1.067 OPS. The Athletics are heavy in left-handed hitters, with left fielder Jack Cust, designated hitter Jason Giambi, first baseman Daric Barton and third baseman Eric Chavez, among others.

[zamboni]

Garciaparra, 35, batted .264 in 55 games for the Dodgers last season, as he battled injuries.

I think he has battled injuries since birth. Hes on the DL alot more than on the field.

[SledNeck]

oakland is stacked this year

[Jarrod32]

They needed Nomar as insurance for Chavez.

[lovetheice]

Nomar has no more

[bassNspear]

oakland is stacked this year

You got that right. There making a run for it thats forsure!

[PT73]

While in Boston, his nickname was Glass. If Oakland is smart it will be an incentive laden contract.

[Windy City]

Nomar makes Joe Crede look like an iron man!

[UdeLakeTom]

Wouldn't you be making excuses not to play with a wifey like his???

[genegodawa]

Attaway to drag the Entertainment thread onto the Baseball thread dude!!!

[IFallsRon]

He'll play 30 games and be done.

[maros91]

oakland is stacked this year

Seriously?

Holliday is good but the thin air in Colorado may have inflated his numbers. Chavez has back problems, Punto is better than Nomar, Giambi is all right. Their pitching is ok. They will probably finish 2nd behind Anaheim in the bad al west.

[maros91]

I forgot Orlando Cabrera. He is OK. Nice player.

[Maximum12]

Biff, Nomar is better than Punto? Seriously? Duuuuude.

Nomar's career average is .314. He was an All-Star & garnered a few MVP votes as recently as 2006.

If you want to bump him based on his injuries, no go, Punto's gets hurt plenty. He is a few years past his prime, that's fair, but to compare him to Punto...well, ah, no.

[zamboni]

They needed Nomar as insurance for Chavez.

An oft injured player for relief to another oft injured player. Makes sense.

[mike morris]

The A's are going to make one heckuva' run for the West this year!