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El Guapo back in New England

The Nashua Pride announced today that they have signed portly former Red Sox reliever Rich Garces to pitch for them in the independent Can-Am League.

Garces was an effective set-up man for the Jimy Williams-managed Red Sox of the late 1990s and early this decade, until his career completely came apart during the 2002 season. He re-signed with the team in 2005, but never made it back to the big leagues. Known to Sox fandom as "El Guap," (Spanish for "the Handsome One"), the 6-foot-tall Garces pitched at a weight of about 275 pounds during his last effective season, in 2001.

Click here to read the Nashua press release, complete with quotes from former Sox player and manager Butch Hobson, who now manages the Pride.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 10:17 AM | Permalink