Happy birthday, Dickie Noles

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 19, 2008 2:45 PM CST Comment 9 comments

Happy birthday to former Ranger pitcher Dickie Noles, who turns 52 today.

Noles was acquired by the Rangers in the midst of a disappointing 1984 season, in exchange for two players to be named later (who you've never heard of). He spent the rest of 1984 and all of 1985 with Texas, then was released after the season.

Noles stuck around for quite a while, playing for 6 different teams while never really being very good, bouncing between starting and relieving. What's kind of interesting is that his B-R page says he was "loaned" in 1987 by the Cubs to the Tigers on September 22. The Tigers were just a half-game back of the Blue Jays at the time, and ended up winning the division when the Jays had an epic collapse that saw them lose 7 in a row to blow a 3.5 game lead with 7 remaining.

Anyway...I just don't remember the last time one team "loaned" a major leaguer to another team that was in the middle of a pennant race. I'm curious about the back story there.

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According to go ol' wikipedia:

“In 1987, Noles became the second player, after Harry Chiti, in Major League Baseball history to be traded for himself. Noles was traded from the Cubs to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. Several months later, the teams were unable to agree on what player Chicago would receive, and so Noles was shipped back to the Cubs, completing a deal in which he was traded for himself.”

by Michael Cave on Nov 19, 2008 2:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

nice

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Nov 19, 2008 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How many Dickie's have been Rangers?

1. Dickie Noles
2. Dickie Thon
3. Dickie Bosman
4. R.A. Dickie

I miss the good old days of ESPN when Olberman would tell us what place Dickie Trickle finished.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Nov 19, 2008 3:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I never heard him referred to as "Dickie" Bosman.

GREINKE HO!!!!!

by oc on Nov 19, 2008 9:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

or dickie trickle

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 19, 2008 9:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

mavs win

yay. now they only have to go

45-27

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 19, 2008 9:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

wait

45-25

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 19, 2008 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder why Gerald Green starts each half

plays half a quarter, and doesn’t play agian that half. He has impressed me a little more each.. playing within the flow of the game, good decision making, very few bad shots.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by tyd3311 on Nov 19, 2008 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs