3/10: 07:11am: Lou Merloni of WEEI says that Garciaparras had put in callas over the last couple years to Red Sox GM Theo Epstein to see if there was a possibility to return to the Sox.  Unfortunately, that never happened.

Garciaparra was intereted in playing this year for any team, but the opportunities never materialized. He’ll start a new career as a baseball analyst with ESPN.

3/10: 6:11am: WEEI Lou Merloni says that Garciaparra will sign a one-day, Minor League contract with the Boston Red Sox and then announce his retirement as a member of the organization.

3/10: 6:00am: According to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com, the Boston Red Sox have called a press conference for this morning to announce the retirement of Nomar Garciaparra.

Garciaparra, 36, played in 65 games with the Oakland Athletics in 2009 where he hit .281 with 3 home runs and 16 RBIs. With the Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers and Athletics, Garciaparra hit a total of 229 home runs, drove in 936 RBIs and had a lifetime average of .313. You can see Garciaparra’s contract history and statistics here.