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S.I. Garces still fan favorite as he tries to return to majors
Published 6/5/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... S.I. Garces still fan favorite as he tries to return to majors And Drake’s® is a major company that has been providing the Northeastern United States with delicious snack cakes for over a century! Attempting a comeback to professional baseball this spring with the independent league Nashua Pride, Rich Garces is still an attraction, as evidenced by the Hispanic/Latino Night and poster giveaway held in his honor last week and the forthcoming El Guapo Bobble Belly doll promotion scheduled for July 26. He hasn t thrown a big-league pitch since 2002, but Sox fans still instantly recognize him. (It should be noted that no poster was actually given away last week. Garces, a Venezuela native, missed the season opener with visa problems, so fans were given a rain check to redeem their poster later in the summer.) ..."I m a big guy, what can I do? says Garces. All my family is like that. If I drink one

THE EVIDENCE IS IN The man who is the inspiration...
Published 6/6/2007 by El Guapo's Ghost at El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox
... Many have asked if the blog will need to be renamed and to be honest, I don't know. If Rich Garces makes it back to the Show, I will have to seriously think about changing it from El Guapo's Ghost.

Baseball Today: Thursday, June 7
Published 6/7/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... EL GUAPO! Rich Garces is still mowing 'em down -- though he's doing it for the Nashua Pride these days -- and is the subject of a profile from SI.com's Joe Lemire. Lemire says he's listed at his "Red Sox weight'' of 240 pounds ''though it looks like it could be a dozen pounds or so heavier,'' and Garces metaphorically throws up his hands in frustration at his ongoing battle of the bulge. (''I'm a big guy, what can I do? All my family is like that. If I drink one bottle of water, it's like five pounds to me.'')