Interesting facts about Nomar Garciaparra

His first name is Anthony

He got his name "Nomar" when his father was playing annograms with his own name, Ramon

Nomar refers to the pulling of his batting gloves before each at bat, "a routine" instead of a superstition

He is the 1st Red Sox '20-20' man since John Valentin

In his last year with Pawtucket, 1996, 33 of his 59 hits were for extra bases

He had a 15 game hitting streak in the minors

Named Pawtucket Rookie of the Year by his teammates in 1996

His first ever hit in the majors was a home run, off of current teammate John Wasdin

Only the 5th player to hit 30 home runs in his first 2 major league seasons

Was drafted in the 5th round of the 1991 draft by the Brewers, but declined their offer and elected to attend Georgia Tech

Nomar never changes his cap

Garciaparra only broke 3 or 4 bats in 1998, an extreme rarity in baseball

Nomar also played football and soccer along with baseball in high school

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