Hey, Nomah, wanna be VP?

"During the NESN interview, Frede jokingly asked Kerry about selecting Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra as his running mate. ''I was thinking of [Johnny] Damon before he shaved [off his beard for charity], you know. He could have had the whole thing going for him,' Kerry quipped."

Except for the fact that Garciaparra's a few years too young for the job, it'd be an entertaining oddball choice. And can you even imagine what a Garciaparra-Cheney would sound like? Nomar would be so syntactically tortured that you wouldn't understand what he's saying, and Cheney just wouldn't answer any questions at all. It'd be great.