Happy birthday, Kerry Lacy

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 7, 2008 2:45 PM CDT Comment 8 comments

Happy birthday to Kerry Lacy, who turns 36 today.

Lacy was a righthanded pitcher drafted by the Rangers in the 15th round of the 1991 draft. Heading into the 1996 season, he had put up some okay ERAs in the minors despite poor K/BB ratios, and ended up getting converted to relief, where he was impressive enough to be included (along with righty reliever Mark Brandenburg) in a deadline deal with the BoSox for Mike Stanton.

Ah, 1996...when the Rangers were buyers and Boston, in 4th place and 16 games back, were sellers.

Stanton was a solid setup guy for the Rangers' first playoff team, while Brandenburg and Lacy ended up flaming out for Boston, so this appears to be one of those rare instances when the Rangers being buyers at the deadline worked out very well.

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I thought

that was a girl reading that title.

Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it.

by miles on Aug 7, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

you also didn't know who mark mclemore was

""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 Aug 7, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The DMN blog says

Murphy to DL, Ellison on roster. Murray moved to 60 day.
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/david-murphy-to-the-dl.html

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 7, 2008 3:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Let the overplaying of Ellison begin!

I would love to think that the silver lining to Murphy’s injury will be consistent, everyday playing time and ABs for Boggs. But with our manager I’m not so sure…

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Aug 7, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wash

remind me, when was the last time he overplayed a scrub when he has better options?

Does Marlon Byrd count?

by FirebatM3 on Aug 7, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He has overplayed Byrd...

...who should primarily start against lefties only. But Byrd’s not a “spare”. He is just getting some of the playing time that should go to Boggs.

I’ll grant you he hasn’t played spares much lately but that’s just as much due to the fact that there haven’t been any spares on our roster until Ellison’s arrival.

We’ll see how much Ellison plays. If he gets off the bench for anything other than pinch-running, replacing an injured player or giving Hamilton an inning or two off at the end of a blowout then he will have been overplayed.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Aug 8, 2008 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Granted

Bostons not gonna become a seller anytime soon, but the Rangers aren’t that far away from being buyers anymore.

"Well, the Dallas Mavericks got beat by the New Orleans Hornets last night ending their season. Word is that someone on the team is dating Jessica Simpson." - Jay Leno

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by hinduplaya on Aug 7, 2008 4:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs