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MEXICO CITY - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra will play for Mexico at the World Baseball Classic in March. Garciaparra, a native of Whittier, California, qualifies because of his Mexican parents, Mexican baseball league president Alejandro Hute said in a newspaper interview Saturday. Garciaparra, 32, played for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs before signing with Los Angeles.

BOSTON (AP) - Nomar Garciaparra rescued two women who had fallen into Boston Harbor, his uncle and a witness told the Boston Herald. Garciaparra, the former Red Sox shortstop who played for the Chicago Cubs last season, was in his Charlestown condominium with his uncle Friday night when they heard a scream and a splash, said the uncle, Victor Garciaparra. As soon as the two-time American League batting champ ran out the door to help the woman, her friend also fell in, hitting her head on the pier, said Victor Garciaparra, who oversees his nephew's business and charitable ventures. Victor...

Got this from a friend of mine whose brother is over there...this is hilarious! As a Yankee die-hard I just had to share it with ya'll.

Boston's most eligible bachelor is off the market.Nomar Garciaparra 29, has popped the question to his soccer sweetie Mia Hamm 30, and the two are tying the knot 'sometime in the next two years.''It's true, we got engaged over Thanksgiving,' Nomar told The Track.'People want to know when and where we are getting married, but you know what, I dont even know those details. We're just really happy right now and really enjoying our time together.'No. 5 who was in town last week for a string of charity appearances, was pretty stingy with the details.But we did manage to pry...