How did you feel about the Nomar Garciaparra trade?
I think what they did to Nomar last year was truly despicable — the way it was handled. Nomar is one of the top five, top three shortstops in baseball. He’s one of the top five players in baseball, I think. That being said, with him sitting out so many games … he obviously wasn’t too happy with what was going on and I understand why he was kind of the way he was. So I think him being traded was kind of the best thing for everybody. Nomar’s doing very well in Chicago and I hope he always does well because he’s a superstar and a terrific guy. 6. HBO is getting ready to air a documentary called “Nine Innings to Ground Zero,” about the role baseball played in the recovery of New York City from 9/11. There’s a segment on the World Series between the Yanks and D-backs with people talking about how much it would have meant to New York if the Yankees had won. Even with your dislike of the Yankees, were you pulling for them to win one for the Apple? No. I mean, there is definitely a piece of
