Happy birthday, Damon Buford
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 12, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
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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…
"You can have my urine, my hair, my blood, my stool -- anything you can test...I'll give you back every dime I've ever made...I'll put that up against the jobs of anyone who writes this stuff...Make them accountable. There should be more credibility than some 42-year-old blogger typing in his mother's basement."
Today's probably always his birthday
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
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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.
not starting him in game one was dumb
"You can have my urine, my hair, my blood, my stool -- anything you can test...I'll give you back every dime I've ever made...I'll put that up against the jobs of anyone who writes this stuff...Make them accountable. There should be more credibility than some 42-year-old blogger typing in his mother's basement."
so we turned Terrell Lowery into an All Star through trades
brilliant!
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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!
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that gives me the eerie chills
envisioning that video. So sad.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Didn't Buford hit an inside the park HR one time?
That’s about all I remember, seeing as I was 7-8 years old when he was with us.
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