Happy birthday, Floyd Bannister

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 10, 2008 2:45 PM CDT Comment 53 comments

Happy birthday to former Ranger (and former #1 overall pick) Floyd Bannister. I'm pretty sure he is the only #1 overall draft pick from Pierre, South Dakota. Bannister is 53 today.

Bannister spent most of his career with the M's and Astros, being a mild disappointment for a #1 overall draftee. And he spent his final season (1992) in the Rangers bullpen, not pitching well. That Ranger team included such immortals as Mario Diaz, Ray Stephens, Edwin Nunez, Mike Campbell, Steve Fireovid, Russ McGinnis, and the Doug Davis Who Wasn't A Pitcher.

He's also the father of current Royals starter Brian Bannister.

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here here

floyd was a pretty good starter.

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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 10, 2008 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Where? Where?

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on Jun 10, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

where?

3 out of 4 seasons in seattle
3 out of 5 seasons in chicago

ok…

he was good 5 seasons
he was average 6 seasons
he was below average 1 season
he was bad 2 seasons

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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 10, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think you get...

...my “joke”.

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on Jun 10, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not in texas?

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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The correct expression is...

...”hear, hear”.

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on Jun 10, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

O RLY?

"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on Jun 10, 2008 3:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry AJM

But this just doesn’t have the same random shock value as the Scarbourough Green birthday piece.

I mean, happy birthday to Floyd and all, but zzzzz…..

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jun 10, 2008 3:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You have to be entertained at all times?

Needy.

There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.

by SarasotaRanger on Jun 10, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO!

There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.

by SarasotaRanger on Jun 10, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oops....

I might want to learn how to post in the right place.

There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.

by SarasotaRanger on Jun 10, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

Now that was funny. ;)

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jun 10, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad I could be of service

There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.

by SarasotaRanger on Jun 10, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pierre, South Dakota

Not only is Floyd Bannister the only #1 overall pick born in Pierre, South Dakota – he’s also the only MLB player ever who was born in Pierre, South Dakota.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/SD_born.shtml

by JBImaknee on Jun 10, 2008 3:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't realize

He was top 10 in a number of categories for a few years.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bannifl01.shtml

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on Jun 10, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Russ McGinnis

One of a handful of Rangers (Butch Davis, Gerald Alexander, few others) whose effectiveness here I’ve admittedly embellished in my own mind. My own little Urban Myths.

by Jamey Newberg on Jun 10, 2008 3:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Mine is Doug Strange

He hit a home run to win a game when I was 13 or something and I’ll forever think of him as a great, underappreciated Ranger.

by JBImaknee on Jun 10, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

for me it's

jeff frye and david hulse

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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 10, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I gotta go with Jeff Huson

I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.

by TheJeezus on Jun 10, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

good list

for me it is Lou Frazier. I actually knew he sucked when he played but I always thought his blistering speed was just under utilized.

In terms of someone I thought was better than they actually were: Darryl Hamilton

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jun 10, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huson

When I was in college, the Rangers caravan came to Austin and among the contingent were Nolan Ryan and Jeff Huson. Every Q from the crowd was for Nolan, not unexpectedly. So I raised my hand and thanked Huson for the play he made on Rickey’s check swing with one out in the ninth to preserve Nolan’s no-hitter.

Nolan stood up from his chair on the stage, look over five feet at Huson, and began to slowly clap.

It started an auditorium-wide standing O.

by Jamey Newberg on Jun 10, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Great story!

I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.

by TheJeezus on Jun 10, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Self-praiser.

by brettgardner on Jun 10, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

by corbsclinton on Jun 10, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

That’s me.

Just trying to find a way to stand out in this LSB universe of humility.

by Jamey Newberg on Jun 10, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You saved

Ben and Skin from their baseball-talking failure the other day, by the way.

by brettgardner on Jun 10, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

I wasn’t listening, but I can only imagine.

Joe Morgan: (On Jay Bruce) I think he will. He brings energy to the team, and besides that, he is a pretty good hitter.
Ken Tremendous: I like that the #1 reason he will help his team is: "energy," and the distant #2 reason is: "ability to hit baseballs."

by TheBZA on Jun 10, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Those guys

Are extreme examples of role players.

The kick ass talking basketball.

Suck ass at everything else.

by brettgardner on Jun 10, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

I was driving home, turned on the radio for my daily dose of Hardline. Heard it was B&S and quickly switched to Pearl Jam.

by TheBZA on Jun 10, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes...

It is Hulse for me as well.

David “The Incredible” Hulse.

by ghostofErikThompson on Jun 10, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brandon Boggs =

Butch Davis?

by ghostofErikThompson on Jun 10, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

God I hope not...

...I’m not overly optimistic about BB being an important part of a championship team but I hope he has a better career than Butch.

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on Jun 10, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

More sparedom from the 1992 roster

Scott Chiamparino, Dickie Thon, Donald Harris, and Al “Happy Man” Newman.

Newman had one career home run in 2,107 at-bats. That’s got to be some kind of record.

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 Jun 10, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Donald Harris

Ugh. shudder

I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.

by TheJeezus on Jun 10, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you gonna do this every day?

Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .

by Brian Thomas on Jun 10, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If I were to brush up on my combinatorics

I could figure out the likelihood a date will come soon that no Ranger was ever born on. But fortunately for everyone I have work to do…

by JBImaknee on Jun 10, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Frye

he came to visit the pony league on the east side of Fort Worth when he was on the DL with a torn up leg. My daughter had a big time crush on him then. She might have been 11 at the time. He was a very nice man.

I soloed in the mile high club.

by Sr Horsedooty on Jun 10, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

good lord

you have kids? how is that possible?

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jun 10, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dialogue

Daughter: “Can I have that toy?”
Sr. Horsedooty: “No”
Daughter: “Why not”
Sr. Horsedooty: “Because yo soy horsedooty!”

by JBImaknee on Jun 10, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1

"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on Jun 10, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hilarious!

There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.

by SarasotaRanger on Jun 10, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yo soy with kids

or ben with a girl friend. Which is the oddest development on LSB?

by FirebatM3 on Jun 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get this

why should he not have kids? There don’t seem to be a lot of guys here I would want to see have children, so I’m struggling to see how he stands out.

...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on Jun 10, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Frye...

also came to a Sporting Goods store in my hometown for a signing. He is a tiny dude. He also hit a triple in his first AB in the majors in a game against Cleveland that I was at.

Ahhh…Jeff Frye memories…

by ghostofErikThompson on Jun 10, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs