Michael Garciaparra
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Michael Garciaparra born Michael Robert Garciaparra on April 2, 1983 in Whittier, California
Drafted by Seattle Mariners in the supplemental 1st round (36th overall) of the 2001 June draft with the pick awarded to the Mariners after the free agent departure of Alex Rodriguez. Michael Robert Garciaparra resides in La Habra Heights, CA graduated from Don Bosco Technical Institute in June, 2001, was named First Team All-Camino Real League in baseball for three years handled kicking duties for the school's football team and also played on the varsity soccer team missed most of the 2001 high school baseball season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL sustained in a football game.
[edit] Trivia
- He is brother of Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra