Happy birthday, Floyd Bannister
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 10, 2008 2:45 PM CDT
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PrintHappy 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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floyd was a pretty good starter.
http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
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.
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
http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
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.
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.
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
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…..
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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."
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
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.
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."
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
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.
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
Donald Harris
Ugh. shudder
I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.
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…
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.
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
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
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.
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
Ray Stephens?
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."
I sure as hell didn't think
I would ever hear the name Steve Fireovid ever again. What a day! That’s almost as good as Scar Green. Almost.
Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08
Happy Birthday
TO ME!!!!
I am getting old.
Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!
by LSBUser on Jun 10, 2008 5:11 PM CDT reply actions
Sharing a birthday with Floyd Bannister
Luckyass bastard…
Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .
by Brian Thomas on Jun 10, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
Gina Gershon
Liz Hurley
And Jeanne Tripplehorn
Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!
by LSBUser on Jun 10, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
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