<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mekurovedza kwechirimo kwa2008 Garciaparra akatambura microfracture kuruoko rwake mushure mekurohwa-ne-pitch. Izvozvo zvakamumanikidza kutanga mwaka wa2008 weMLB ari paRondedzero yeVakaremara. Rookie Blake DeWitt akaridza hwaro hwechitatu munguva iyi. Musi waApril 16, akatanga mutambo wake wokutanga kurwisana nePittsburgh Pirates, chete kuti atambure muswe wemombe kuruboshwe mazuva mapfumbamwe gare gare, zvichikonzera imwe rwendo kuenda kuDL. Akadzoka musi waJuly 4, achitamba pa shortstop kekutanga kubva muna 2005 nekuda kwekukuvara kwaRafael Furcal. Musi waAugust 1, Garciaparra akaiswa paDL kuti aite nzvimbo yaManny Ramirez, uyo akanga awana mukutengeserana. Nomar akanga atsemuka ibvi rake mumakwikwi aJuly 27 kurwisana neWashington Nationals mushure mokunge apinda mumakumbo ekutanga pachitatu apo Garciaparra akanga aedza kuisa pasi uye akaisa mutambi, Lastings Milledge. Akadzoka musi waAugust 12, uye akaramba achiona nguva pa shortstop kusvikira pakupera kwemwedzi. Musi waAugust 13, akarova kufamba-kubva kumba kurova kurwisa Philadelphia Phillies, achipa Dodgers kukunda 76. Garciaparra chaizvoizvo akaona nguva yakawanda pa shortstop munguva ya2008 kupfuura imwe nzvimbo ipi neipi, kuti agone vamwe vatambi paDodgers. Asi pakazosvika September, akanga ava kuonazve nguva pabhesi rokutanga nerechitatu, uye akanga ava kushandiswa somurovi. Pasinei nokudzokera kunzvimbo yaakafarikanya kubudirira kukuru mubasa rake, yakanga iri nguva yakaoma nokuda kwaNomar. Akarova.264 kwegore, aine 8 home runs uye 28 RBI, sezvo akaonekwa mumitambo 55 chete. Dodgers yakasangana nePhillies mu2008 NLCS  <response>: kamwe chete apo nhambo dzomutambo dzapera dzakatanga, uye Garciaparra akarova zvakanaka, achienda 3-kune-7 .429 ne1 RBI munhevedzano. Zvisinei, haana kuoneka muGame 1, uye haana kuzotamba mutambo wese mumutambo, sezvo anga achishandiswa sechinotsiva, kana kutsiviwa sezvo mutambo wakaenderera mberi muMitambo 2 5. VaDodgers vakakundwa mumutambo wechishanu nePhillies, avo vakapedzisira vakunda World Series ya2008. 