Happy birthday, Damon Buford

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 12, 2009 12:00 PM CDT Comment 10 comments

Happy birthday to Damon Buford, who turns 39 today.

Buford, son of former major leaguer Don Buford, came to the Rangers from the Orioles after the 1995 season, in exchange for former Loyola Marymount swingman Terrell Lowery, who had been drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round by Sandy Johnson a few years earlier, when Johnson was in full-on "I'm too cool to draft baseball players" mode.

Buford had a nice season as a part-time player in 1996, was given the starting centerfield job in 1997, and was awful, leading the Rangers to deal Dean Palmer to the Royals for Tom Goodwin late in the season to take over that position. Buford was dealt to the BoSox in November of 1997 as part of the deal that brought Aaron Sele to Texas.

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buford for sele?

damn we’ve been owning the sox in trades for a while now…

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by Longhorn on Jun 12, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How did you come about knowing it was his birthday today?

by tyd3311 on Jun 12, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Today's probably always his birthday

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 12, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clap........................................clap...................................clap................................

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by bking on Jun 12, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tom Goodwin

God, I thought he would be the savior for this team. I thought a speedy CFer that could steal bases would change everything. Year after leaving the Rangers stole 55.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 12, 2009 12:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

not starting him in game one was dumb

by Longhorn on Jun 12, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so we turned Terrell Lowery into an All Star through trades

brilliant!

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by willamos2 on Jun 12, 2009 12:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Random Lowery fact...

He made the alley-oop pass to Hank Gathers that Gathers slammed home, just prior to collapsing on the court and dying. I was at that game as an LMU student. Still give me chills every time anything associated with Gathers is brought up.

Damn, we had a good basketball team back then!

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by rangersfan34 on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs