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Tony's Top 5: Highlights of the Garciaparra years
Tony's Top 5
Highlights of the Garciaparra years
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July 23, 2002. In a 22-4 Sox win over Tampa Bay, Garciaparra went 3 for 5 with three homers and eight RBIs -- on his 29th birthday, no less.
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June 21, 2003. In a 6-5 loss at Philadelphia, Garciaparra went 6 for 6 with a walk. Three days later, in 10-1 win over Detroit, he went 5 for 5.
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Summer 1997. During his rookie season, from July 26 to Aug. 29, Garciaparra batted .383 with nine homers during a 30-game hitting streak.
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October 1998-99. In his first two career postseasons, Garciaparra batted .383 with seven homers and five doubles while slugging .986. Yikes.
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May 10, 1999. In an epic performance against Seattle, Garciaparra went 3 for 4 with three homers, two of them grand slams, and 10 RBIs.
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Tony Massarotti is a Globe sportswriter and has been writing about sports in Boston for the last 19 years. A lifelong Bostonian, Massarotti graduated from Waltham High School and Tufts University. He was voted the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by his peers in 2000 and 2008 and has been a finalist for the award on several other occasions. This blog won a 2008 EPpy award for "Best Sports Blog".
Tony's Top 5
NFL power rankings
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Broncos. OK, we’re convinced. Kyle Orton is now 26-12 in his career as a starter. Josh McDaniels looks like a real coach. And the defense is much improved.
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Saints. Went into Philly and beat the Eagles, went into New York and beat the Jets. Better defense than we thought. Right?
3
Vikings. If you’re a Vikes fan, Brett Favre should scare you come playoff time. But in the regular season? So far, so good.
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Colts. Don’t look now, but only three teams in the NFL have allowed fewer points than Indy. And have we mentioned the quarterback?
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Giants. They can run, pass and play defense. And did we mention they’re well-coached? Who needs Plaxico?
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