Retirement
On March 10, 2010, Garciaparra signed a one-day contract with the Boston Red Sox to retire as a member of the organization. Garciaparra took a position at ESPN, contributing analysis for the program Baseball Tonight as well as select Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts. He has also been one of the lead analysts on ESPN's coverage of the College World Series. In 2011, he contributed analysis for ESPN's coverage of the Little League World Series telecasts.
On May 5, 2010, the Red Sox hosted "Nomar Garciaparra Night", honoring Nomar before a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was given two official seats from Fenway by Johnny Pesky, one bearing Nomar's own no. 5, and the other bearing Pesky's no. 6.
Nomar threw out the first pitch on Nomar Day to his former teammate Jason Varitek with his signature off-balance sidearm throw. The hometown crowd greatly appreciated the effort.
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