No No Nomar
The Boston Red Sox traded All-Star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs last weekend setting off a flurry of sports stories explaining either a) Why this was the best move possible, or b) why the gates of hell just opened up. Gauging by the news coverage, which included BREAKING NEWS REPORTS moments after the announcement on all the local stations, followed by 24-hour Nomar coverage ever since, no transaction this large has taken place since the Lousiana Purchase, which now ranks a distance second in importance.

But Boston fans will miss Nomar. He came from California, but fit right in with New Englanders: he was hard-working, plain-spoken, surly, cantankerous, moody, and had an endearing touch of OCD. He was truly one of us. Fans wish him luck, so long as the Sox don't meet up with him in the World Series.