OK, so he didn't really do all that well here, but why must the Sox trade yet another shortstop whose first name ends in ahhh?

Red imagines what might have happened if it had been somebody other than Nomah coming upon those drowning women in the harbor:

... Edgah: Wait. Er. Ack. ::flails arms helplessly:: No, I can't.

Woman in Boston Harbor: Help!

Edgah: Help!

Dale Sveum in speedboat: I saw what happened! Don't worry... I'm here! Listen, head that way! ::starts waving them to the left:: That way!

Woman and Edgah in Boston Harbor: YOU F--KING IDIOT! YOU JUST WAVED US INTO THE UNDERTOW. AAAHHHHHHGGGGGGG. ...

Earlier:
He'll always be our Nomah
Nomah coda