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Nomar Garciaparra White Jersey Variant Boston Red Sox Mcfarlane MLB Series 9 Six Inch Action Figure
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MLB Series 9 Figure: Nomar Garciaparra with Gray Boston Red Sox Jersey
- Toy: 0 pages (2006-09-08)
- Publisher: Toys - not a real vendor (test account)
- Label: Toys - not a real vendor (test account)
- Studio: Toys - not a real vendor (test account)
- Our Recommended Age: 5 - 16 years
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 3 reviews
- Sales Rank in Toys: #87408
Avg. Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Great Item 2006-09-23
Comment: Just the chance I needed to have a reminder of his past greatness! Go Nomar! Bring a WS title to LA.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: COOOL 2005-08-04
Comment: this toy it just amazing i mean look at the detail of this thing just look at it LOOK AT IT! nomar is sweet even though he ripped the muscle by his groin this year he is sweet and he is on the cubs now but this is cool
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Summary: Tired of the Mr. Hamm jokes, Nomar is ready to play ball 2004-06-03
Comment: There was a MLB Series 2 figure in 2002 of Nomar Garciaparra at the plate, but now that he has married Mia Hamm there is clearly a need for a second figure, showing the Red Sox shortstop in the field. Consequently McFarlane Toys has produced a MLB Series 9 figure in 2004 with Garciaparra about to throw the ball, which he has not done this season to date because he has been injured and not because he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers after Boston signed Alex Rodriguez to play shortstop (which is an entirely different story explaining why the MLB Series 8 figure of Rodriguez is wearing the wrong uniform). This 6" figure shows Garciaparra in the road gray Boston Red Sox uniform; there is also a home white uniform variation that looks a lot better, but for some reason McFarlane tends to favor the gray uniforms (maybe you can only find the white in New England area). McFarlane Toys has also out a MLB Two-Pack later in 2004 that has Garciaparra sliding into second base a split second after New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has fired off the ball to second base in a game played at Fenway Park.The voting for the American League starting shortstop in the All-Star game this summer sure has been interesting so far. Jeter has just gotten his average up over .200, Garciaparra's Achilles tendon is now good enough for him to rehab in the minors,, and Rodriguez now plays third base. This action figure has some limited articulation with the arms and neck, but what you see is basically what you are going to want to go with. Garciaparra is slightly airborne, the figure being attached to the Fenway Park infield by virtue of a small metal pin. The key details of note on this figure are the distinctive facial hair and all those neat creases in on the front left of his jersey where it is tucked into his pants (I always like that sort of detail on the uniform more than the dirt on the pants leg). I like the posture on this one because it captures the shortstop as he is about to fire the ball to first while moving in that direction. Garciaparra was the American League Rookie of the year in 1997 during which he also made the A.L. All-Star team for the first time, which he has done since in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 (he was injured in 2001). He also won back-to-back American League batting crowns in 1999 and 2000 with .357 and .372 averages (he was injured in 2001). Currently his career batting average is .323, the same as his postseason batting average, while averaging 30 home runs and 117 RBIs over a complete 162 game season, which he has never quite reached. He might be married to Mia Hamm, but his first name is really Anthony (Nomar is his middle name), so life is a tradeoff even at that level.
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MLB Series 9 Figure: Nomar Garciaparra with Gray Boston Red Sox Jersey
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