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Happy birthday, Buddy Bell

Happy birthday to Buddy Bell, who turns 57 today...

Buddy Bell was my favorite player as a kid, a guy who come about 2 healthy seasons short of having a legit claim as a Hall of Famer.  I was really bummed out when he was traded to the Reds for Duane Walker and a PTBNL, although that trade worked out pretty well for Texas, since the PTBNL was Jeff Russell.

 

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It was a good trade but...

…it did hurt this 15-year-old a lot at the time.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Aug 27, 2008 2:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I usually bypass these birthday shoutouts, but......

my Grandmother loved Buddy Bell with a passion!! We used to talk about him all the time when I would go visit her. God rest her soul.

Buddy Bell was awesome back in the day!!

i like baseball too

by bspate on Aug 27, 2008 2:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Buddy Bell

He was probably the favorite player of any Ranger fan that is now in their mid to late 30’s. I know he was mine.

Happy birthday Buddy Bell.

by Chris Hanes on Aug 27, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep.

Although I did love me some Al Oliver and Jim Sundberg and Jim Kern, Bell was da man.

Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.

by Brian Thomas on Aug 27, 2008 5:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

amen

wishing him the best

Zap Brannigan... you're my hero.....

by hotshot215 on Aug 27, 2008 6:32 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bell really wanted out of here in '85

after Bobby V became the manager and didn’t get along with him when he came back for that short spell in ’89.

Absolutely one of my favorite players when this team was really, really bad (’82-85 was sickening).

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Aug 27, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One of my favorite Ranger memories....

…is being in attendance when Bell hit a walk-off game winning Grand Slam vs Milwaukee. He is my favorite Ranger of all time.

by bflood36 on Aug 27, 2008 4:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The internet rocks

Here is the boxscore.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Aug 27, 2008 4:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't tell you how many times...

…I have looked that box score up. I wasn’t at that game but sure wish I had been. Check out the attendance figure. I remember reading about the game in the paper the next day and I remember the story made mention of just how few of those 9000-some-odd fans were still in the park when Bell hit the homer.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Aug 27, 2008 4:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As the baseball gods are my witness I didn't click

on the box score but off the top of my head I want to say it happened in late August 1984.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Aug 27, 2008 4:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

August 31, 1984

Wassup?

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Aug 27, 2008 4:49 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL!

From 10% to 100% win probability on one swing of the bat! Hahahahaha!

Wow, that’s an awesome game.

by philkid3 on Aug 27, 2008 5:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Very Cool

My dad is not one for leaving early during a baseball game no matter the score. He kept the family at the stadium til’ the end that night. I am glad he did.

by bflood36 on Aug 27, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Were we at home or was it an away game?

Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.

by Brian Thomas on Aug 27, 2008 5:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Walk off = Home team

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Aug 27, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Running joke

I forget who asked that question first, but it still amuses me.

Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.

by Brian Thomas on Aug 28, 2008 8:25 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bell is pretty underrated.

I think it’s that a lot don’t realize how GREAT his defense was. I’m with AJM, very close to a Hall of Famer, just needed a couple more top seasons.

Apparently Lone Star Ball thinks he’s only the 12th best Ranger ever, but oh well.

by philkid3 on Aug 27, 2008 5:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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