Saturday, January 14, 2006

Nomar Chooses Heritage Over Home

Plenty in the media have given Alex Rodriguez plenty of grief for not being able to figure out whether he was from the United States or the Dominican Republic, I being one of them. Knowing how A-Rod has been grilled for being indecisive, and possibly using that as an excuse so that he wouldn't seem disinterested, makes it hard to make a call on how a feel about Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra playing for Mexico at the World Baseball Classic in March.

Little fan fare and seemingly no indecision, Nomar is playing for the country of his parents. And I am fine with that, mainly because he didn't make it a crisis that Rodriguez's decision seem to be (and the sports media seem to want to make it).

A-Rod seems to be leaning toward playing for the U.S. for the moment. We'll find out in March what really happens.

- Nomar To Play For Mexico In World Baseball Classic (ABC News)
- Still No Decision By A-Rod (CNN/SI)
Posted by J. Cleveland Payne @ 1:26 PM   0 comments ---------------------------------------