Video: Nomar Sits Down With Lou Merloni

CSN New England baseball analyst Lou Merloni sat down with his good friend and former teammate Nomar Garciparra who announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday.

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Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 3/11

Yesterday at City of Palms Park, the Boston Red Sox fell to the their AL East foes, the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-6 in Grapefruit League action.

Minor leaguer Adam Mills was roughed up for six runs in an inning to take the loss. Jon Lester started for the Red Sox and allowed an unearned run on two hits in 2 2/3 innings. Jonathan Papelbon, Daniel Bard and Hideki Okajima all worked clean innings out of the bullpen as well.

Jacoby Ellsbury led the attack with two home runs and three RBIs while Kevin Youkilis was 2-for-3 with an RBI double. Dustin Pedroia also had two hits and Mike Cameron added a hit and an RBI.

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 3/11

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

UConn Women’s Basketball links Rizzotti, Auriemma Among Finalists For Yow Award [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant] Hope for opponents: Huskies are human (offensively, at least) [Roger Cleaveland – The Republican-American] 12 points, 8-on-5 and other UConn numerical advantages [Roger Cleaveland – The Republican-American] UConn women’s rewind: Defensive surge ignites blowout [CT Post] UConn Women: No Formula To Stop Them Yet [Hartford Courant] It’s easy being Greene [New Haven Register] Depth proves team’s greatest strength in title game [Norwich Bulletin] Geno always keeps ‘Wizard’ within reach [The Day] UConn women smother opponents with tight ‘D’ [The Republican-American] UConn’s wins not necessarily a victory for women’s basketball [USA Today] Mercury, WNBA should be learning from the miraculous Huskies [Examiner.com] Huskies, Tennessee seek NCAA Tournament showdown [AP] UConn Men’s Basketball links Huskies to Practice on Saturday [David Borges – New Haven Register] Husky rewind: UConn couldn’t withstand Storm [CT Post] UConn men’s notebook: Beverly feeling better after injuring knee [CT Post] UConn Men Find Dismal Play Hard To Explain [Hartford Courant] UConn Men: A Look At Next Season’s Roster [Hartford Courant] Fans Speak Out On UConn Men’s Future [Hartford Courant] When the pressure went up, disappointing Huskies wilted [New Haven Register] Huskies have some decisions to make while awaiting fate [The Day] Hard to explain UConn’s sad season [The Republican-American] Ray Allen Disappointed With UConn’s Loss in Big East Tournament [NESN.com] Other UConn related links Men’s Ice Hockey: Huskies Head Out To RIT For AHA Quarterfinals [UConnHuskies.com] Softball: Huskies Drop 5-1 Decision At Central Florida [UConnHuskies.com] Baseball Finishes Spring Break with Four Games in Five Days [UConnHuskies.com] Baseball: LePage Scores Winning Run as Huskies Slide Past USC 5-4 [UConnHuskies.com] Women’s Lacrosse: UConn Lacrosse Wins Fifth-Straight with 15-8 Victory Over Marist [UConnHuskies.com]

Patriots Free Agency Update

The New England Patriots re-signed free agent cornerback Leigh Bodden to a four year deal worth a reported $22 million with $10 millon guaranteed. Bodden decided to return after being courted by the Houston Texans.

The team also saw free agent defense lineman Jarvis Green join former Patriots assistant and current Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels as he signed a four year contract for $20 million with $7.5 million guaranteed.

Video: Nomar Talks With Heidi Watney

After announcing his retirement from baseball with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday morning, Nomar Garciaparra stopped to talk with NESN’s Heidi Watney about why it was time to retire. He also talked about what it meant to retire as a member of the Red Sox.

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Video: Nomar Garciaparra Retirement Press Conference

As you know by now, former Boston Red Sox great Nomar Garciaparra has decided to retire from baseball. He will do so a member of the Red Sox and will join ESPN as a baseball analyst.

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Video: Dancing With the Red Sox – Prospects Edition

In 2008, it was Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia who embarrassed himself dancing. In 2010, it was the Red Sox prospects turn to do so.

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Nomar Garciaparra Retires As A Member of the Red Sox

There was a buzz around City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers, FL. on Tuesday morning.

The Boston Red Sox had called a press conference at 10:30 a.m. and initially no one knew what it was for. Could it be that they had signed Josh Beckett and/or Victor Martinez to contract extensions or had they traded Mike Lowell?

None of those scenarios were the case. Instead, it was for former Red Sox great Nomar Garciparra who was signing a one day contract and announcing his retirement from baseball.

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Late Morning Red Sox Delight – 3/10

The Boston Red Sox made the long trek across the state of Florida yesterday to Jupiter to take on the Florida Marlins and came away with a 9-0 win.

Tim Wakefield started for the Red Sox and had himself a great outing. He went three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and recorded one strikeout. He threw 30 pitches, 22 of them for strikes.

Josh Reddick paced the Red Sox offense with three hits and an RBI. Ryan Kalish, Yamaico Navarro and Jeremy Hermida both added two hits with Hermida and Kalish knocking in runs as well. Gil Velazquez and Dusty Brown each had a hit and two RBIs.

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