TTM Success - Michael Garciaparra

The last name sounds familiar. Michael Garciaparra is the younger brother of Nomar, or Nomahhh as folks from Boston like to say.  This Garciaparra was a Mariners prospect who appeared in the 2003 Topps complete set on a prospect card.

Garciaparra (b. 1983) was a first round (36th overall) pick by the Mariners in the 2001 June Amateur Draft out of Don Bosco Technical Institute in California.  He played in the minors from 2002 to 2010 in the Mariners, Phillies, Brewers and Astros systems.  He had 560 hits, 19 home runs and a .263 batting average.  He would reach AAA before hanging up his Spikes.

I mailed to Garciaparra on February 13 and got the card back on March 23, for a 39-day TAT.