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MLB's Official Web Site www.maiorleaguebaseball.com CONTENTS 5 Nomar Garciaparra Born to Play Baseball by Garry Brown 11 Derek Lowe Big Man in the Bullpen by Glenn Miller RED SOX MAGAZINE 17 Take the “T” to Fenway Park in 2000 Published by The Boston Red Sox by Anne Weisman and Rick Subrizio 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA 02215-3496 Editor-in-Chief: Dick Bresciani 23 Player Profile: Rod Beck Editor: Debbie Matson 25 My Favorite Ballpark Editorial Assistants: Mary Jane Ryan, from National Baseball Hall of Fame Gwen Callahan, Rod Oreste, Fred Seymour 37 Adopted Sons of New England’s Team: Contributing Writers: Garry Brown, Herb Crehan, Bob Montgomery » John Grabowski, Glenn Miller, by Herb Crehan Mark Millikin, Rick Subrizio, Anne Weisman 51 Jackie Jensen Photographers: Dennis Brearley, by M Jack Maley, Cindy Loo Graphic Design: Accent Design, Carlisle, MA Printing: Mass Printing and Forms, Inc. 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All rights in letters will be treated as uncon¬ ditionally assigned for publication and copyright purposes, and subject to RED SOX MAGAZINE™ unrestricted right to edit and comment editorially. The Boston Red Sox is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Red Sox Magazine THE PHRASE "AS AMERICAN AS BASEBALL AND APPLE PIE” JUST RECEIVED A SLIGHT MODIFICATION. M\ftQv missing 16 days of spring camp because of a strained right knee, Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra came out swinging. S In his first Grapefruit League at-bat, he had a single: In his second spring training game, he had a three-run homer and RBI single. At that point. Red Sox pitching ace Pedro Martinez could only sit back, shake his head, and say, “That’s Nomie. He is not like the rest of us. He doesn’t need to practice. Just give him a bat and glove and send him out there. He was born to play baseball.” Garciaparra chuckled when he heard about the Martinez cornments. - . .- ^ V ' “Born to play baseball? If that’s so. I’m a very lucky guy,” he said. - 1 Red Sox Magazine | LA j garciaparra c o n t Well, maybe he is lucky, but so are the fans of New England. They’re getting the opportunity to see a truly great ballplayer, one who seems to rise to the heights when he plays before the Fenway Park multitudes. A prime illustration of that would be his performance last May 10 against the Seattle Mariners - three home runs (two of them grand slams) and 10 RBI. Only 10 other players in major league history have hit two grand slam homers in a game. Only two other Red Sox players have done it - 3B Jim Tabor in 1939, and IB Rudy York in 1946. As for the 10 RBI, that has been accomplished by only four Red Sox players - York in ‘46, 1B