These players usually go back to the team that they started with or to the team they had the most success with. For example, former Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra returned to the team on a one-day contract so that he could retire a Red Sox,...

Sure enough, Schmidt's shoulder burned out and he made only 10 starts over the course of that deal, going 3-6 with a 6.02 ERA, missing all of 2008 in the process. Once the deal was up, he retired. Over the first four full seasons of his career, Nomar...

The amount of offense you can expect from your shortstops relative to league offense is higher now than it was in the glory days of the shortstop trinity of the ’90s, when Nomar Garciaparra , Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez seemed to redefine offense...

Orlando Cabrera filled the position the rest of that year, but he was followed by a host of other players, including Scutaro. In two minor league seasons since he defected from Cuba, Iglesias has a paltry .308 on-base percentage and .316 slugging...

Then it’s more of an afterthought. The kryptonite Nomar Garciaparra left behind when he was traded in mid-2004 has lost none of its potency in 71⁄2 years. Saturday night’s trade of shortstop Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies for $6 million in...

Cherington and Valentine are correct. The pennant and the World Series aren’t won in December or January. “That’s why you play the games,’’ said Valentine. The 2004 Sox really didn’t find their identity until Theo Epstein made a trade-deadline deal in...