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Six years after Nomar Garciaparra left the Red Sox under a dark cloud, Pat Pink still tenderly dusts an autographed picture of him on her bedroom dresser, still dons a Garciaparra No. 5 jersey when she goes to Fenway Park.

Great player. Total fraud.

Six years after he was traded away for the final pieces of Boston's World Series puzzle, Nomar Garciaparra finally got a friendly farewell from the Red Sox.

Farewells have not come easily for the Red Sox in recent seasons, the departures of Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Johnny Damon, and other notable players tinged with far more rancor than nostalgia.

Never saw anybody hit the ball that hard, that often. Nev-ah.