<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo ka-2008, uGarciaparra wahlushwa i-microfracture esandleni sakhe ngemuva kokushaywa yi-pitch. Lokho kwamphoqa ukuba aqale isizini ye-MLB ka-2008 ohlwini lwabakhubazekile. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-rookie uBlake DeWitt yayidlala isisekelo sesithathu. Ngo-Ephreli 16, waqala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala ngokumelene nePittsburgh Pirates, kuphela ukuhlushwa imisipha yenkonyane yangakwesobunxele ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye kamuva, okwaholela kolunye uhambo oluya ku-DL. Wabuya ngoJulayi 4, edlala i-shortstop okokuqala kusukela ngo-2005 ngenxa yokulimala kukaRafael Furcal. Ngo-Agasti 1, uGarciaparra wabekwa ohlwini lwe-DL ukuze enze indawo kaManny Ramirez, owayethengwe ngokuhweba. UNomar wayelimaze idolo lakhe emncintiswaneni wangoJulayi 27 ngokumelene neWashington Nationals ngemuva kokuthi ehlehliselwe kuma-spikes kuqala esisekelweni sesithathu njengoba uGarciaparra ezame ukufaka i-throw nokumaka umgijimi, uLastings Milledge. Wabuya ngo-August 12, futhi waqhubeka ebona isikhathi ku-shortstop kuze kube sekupheleni kwenyanga. Ngo-Agasti 13, washaya i-walk-off home run ngokumelene nePhiladelphia Phillies, wanikeza iDodgers ukunqoba ngo-7 kuya ku-6. UGarciaparra empeleni wabona isikhathi esiningi ku-shortstop ngo-2008 kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhundla, ukufaka abanye abadlali eDodgers. Kodwa ngo-September, wayesebuyele ekuboneni isikhathi esisekelweni sokuqala nasesisekelweni sesithathu, futhi esetshenziswa njengomshayi. Naphezu kokubuyela esikhundleni ayejabule kakhulu ngaso emsebenzini wakhe, kwakuyisikhathi esinzima kuNomar. Washaya.264 onyakeni, ngama-home run angu-8 nama-RBI angu-28, njengoba wabonakala emidlalweni engu-55 kuphela. I-Dodgers yahlangana ne-Phillies  <response>: I-2008 NLCS lapho i-postseason iqala, futhi uGarciaparra washaya kahle, wahamba 3-for-7 .429 nge-1 RBI ochungechungeni. Kodwa-ke, akazange avele eMidlalweni 1, futhi ngemuva kwalokho akazange adlale wonke umdlalo ochungechungeni, njengoba esetshenziswa njengendawo, noma athathelwa indawo njengoba umdlalo uqhubeka eMidlalweni 2 5. I-Dodgers yanqotshwa emdlalweni wesihlanu yiPhillies, eyagcina inqobile i-2008 World Series. 