Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ọzụzụ oge opupu ihe ubi nke 2008, Garciaparra tara ahụhụ microfracture na aka ya mgbe ọ kụrụ ya. Nke ahụ manyere ya ịmalite oge 2008 MLB na Ndepụta Ndị Nwere Nkwarụ. Rookie Blake DeWitt gbara bọọlụ nke atọ n'oge ahụ. Na Eprel 16, ọ malitere egwuregwu mbụ ya megide Pittsburgh Pirates, naanị iji merụọ akwara nwa ehi aka ekpe ụbọchị itoolu ka e mesịrị, na-ebute njem ọzọ na DL. Ọ laghachiri na July 4, na-egwu egwu na nke mbụ ya kemgbe 2005 n'ihi mmerụ ahụ Rafael Furcal. N'August 1, e tinyere Garciaparra na DL iji nye ohere maka Manny Ramirez, bụ onye enwetara na ahia. Nomar gbagọrọ ikpere ya na July 27 na asọmpi megide Washington Nationals mgbe ọ na-abanye na spikes na mbụ na ntọala nke atọ ka Garciaparra gbalịrị ịkwanye ma tinye onye na-agba ọsọ, Lastings Milledge. Ọ laghachiri na August 12, ma nọgide na-ahụ oge na nkwụsịtụ site na njedebe nke ọnwa. N'abalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ọ gbara ọsọ na-aga n'ihu megide Philadelphia Phillies, na-enye Dodgers mmeri 7 <unk> 6. Garciaparra n'ezie hụrụ oge dị mkpirikpi n'oge 2008 karịa ọnọdụ ọ bụla ọzọ, iji nabata ndị egwuregwu ndị ọzọ na Dodgers. Ma ka ọ na-erule ọnwa Septemba, ọ maliteghachiri ịhụ oge n'ọgbọ nke mbụ na nke atọ, ma bụrụkwa onye a na-eji eme ihe dị ka onye na-akụ ọkpọ. N'agbanyeghi na ọ laghachiri n'ọkwa ọ na-enwekarị ọganiihu na ọrụ ya, ọ bụ oge siri ike maka Nomar. Ọ kụrụ.264 maka afọ ahụ, ya na 8 home runs na 28 RBI, ebe ọ pụtara naanị na egwuregwu 55. Ndị Dodgers zutere ndị Phillies na
2008 NLCS ozugbo postseason bidoro, na Garciaparra kụrụ nke ọma, na-aga 3-for-7 (.429) na 1 RBI na usoro ahụ. Agbanyeghị, ọ apụtaghị na Egwuregwu 1, ma emesịa ọ naghị egwu egwuregwu ọ bụla na usoro ahụ, ebe ọ bụ na ejiri ya dị ka onye nnọchi, ma ọ bụ dochie ya ka egwuregwu ahụ gara n'ihu na Egwuregwu 2<unk>5. Ndị Dodgers meriri na egwuregwu nke ise site na Phillies, onye mechara gaa n'ihu iji merie 2008 World Series.