Happy birthday, Lou Frazier
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2009 2:45 PM CST
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Frazier was a 5th outfielder that the Rangers acquired from the Expos in 1995 in exchange for Hector Fajardo (which brings to mind how disappointing the Steve Beuchele trade ended up being...but nevermind that...).
Frazier hung around through 1996, and thus was part of the Rangers' first playoff team (although I don't think he was on the playoff roster). He appeared in 30 games in 1996 and had 60 plate appearances, which gives you a good indication of how he was used. He ended up getting claimed on waivers by the Mariners after the season, and only appeared in 7 more major league games the rest of his career.
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There just aren't as many Lou's in baseball anymore.
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That Bueschele trade
just sticks out as a case from a time where prospects were undervalued, the Rangers made an awesome deal in retrospect (kind of the equivalent of a Laird for Bowden (or even Buchholz) + Masterson deal), and it completely fizzled on us. Ugh.
It was the equivalent...
…of Michael Main and Guillermo Moscoso for Joe Crede a half-season before Crede becomes a free agent.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2009 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
The stats don't back it up
but it sure seemed like Steve Buechele was the worst player I ever saw in clutch situations at the plate.
I wouldn’t object if somebody said that Steve Buechele was every bit the defender that Buddy Bell was.
To me, the best defending 3B’s I ever saw were Brooks, Nettles and BBell (Buechele was that good).
I remember Lou Frazier, kind of a poor man’s Rob Ducey.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
I remember Inky being pretty bad in the clutch.
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by oc on Jan 26, 2009 4:38 PM CST up reply actions
Inky was rot-gut fugly
at the plate at almost all times post 1986 as a Texas Ranger.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
With that big hole in his swing
good pitchers could get him out about anytime they wanted to.
Get off my lawn.
Buechele really was, I agree.
I mentioned in another post that MY should be working with him. It takes a different kind of reflex at the hot corner, and Buechele’s were fantastic. I’d also throw in Chavez as one of the best I’ve seen.
Smokin' Lou Frazier...
…we hardly knew ye.
And I’m reminded of a comic whose name I can’t remember who told the joke that “Hector Fajardo is Spanish for Bob Walk is still hurt”.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
Heh
That’s sounds like classic Jim Rooker…
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Rooker
Did a charity walk from PHI to Pitt after the Bucs blew a 10 run 1st inning lead. Said he would if they blew it. Man of his word.
Whoa. That's like 300 miles.
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by oc on Jan 26, 2009 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Forgot about that game
They’ve gotta put that on classic sometime
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Brawl
Was Lou Frazier the Ranger who was hit by a pitch in Boston, walked half way to 1st and then charged the moud?
How do you remember that?
From Texas Rangers website….
Pudge sits out: Ivan Rodriguez served a one-game suspension Saturday for actions resulting in his ejection by home plate umpire Mark Carlson on Sept. 16 in Seattle. He is the first Texas player to be suspended since outfielder Lou Frazier served a three-game suspension, Sept. 1-3, 1996, for his role in an altercation with the Red Sox on June 15, 1996.
Checking the June 15 boxscore on retrosheet.org and baseball-reference.com, the HBP happened in the 9th inning, but there was no indication of an ejection.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
They threw at him for bunting
But that’s all the lou had in the arsenal
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
I guess back then
bunting with a 7 run lead in the 9th inning was a no-no. Nowadays, no lead is safe (see the 19-17 game).
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
he actually bunted in the 8th inning
for a single. that’s all he knew
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
I thought about that too...but
then I was like nah that was Craig Worthington. The only thing cool a bout Lou were his rec specs.
by turpentinechaser on Jan 26, 2009 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite player of the early 90's
Guy had speed and nothing else. I remember the brawl vividly, yelling at my TV, “Nobody fucks with the Frazier!”. He should have relied on the bat more than the bunt single. I guess he was my Ramon Nivar. I was 16 once.
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
Ramon Nivar wishes...
…he was as good as Lou Frazier.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2009 7:50 PM CST up reply actions
Lou
glad to see he got a new gig leading that Yo Gabba Gabba show on Noggin.
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