This Day in LSB History

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 22, 2010 11:01 AM CST

ARLINGTON TX - OCTOBER 15: Darren Oliver #28 of the Texas Rangers rubs the baseball in his hands in the top of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees in Game One of the ALCS during the 2010 MLB Playoffs at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on October 15 2010 in Arlington Texas. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

On this day, one year ago, the Darren Oliver signing became official.And there was much discussion about it.

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Thus giving us one of the great .gifs in history.

by jam0152 on Dec 22, 2010 11:02 AM CST reply actions

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It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST

by RangersSD on Dec 22, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions

still makes me smile

I love the fact that he does the ‘pthbtbt’ noise and everything.

by jam0152 on Dec 22, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions

The great Spaded Snake

was a part of that thread.

by eric03tx on Dec 22, 2010 11:08 AM CST reply actions

Did he get banned or did he just leave?

by RangersSD on Dec 22, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions

Just left

I think. Dunno though, he did post that one pic of the STD on a dick.

by eric03tx on Dec 22, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

Yes.

Ugh that was terrible.

by RangersSD on Dec 22, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions

Dan with the HR

I always love
when a team spends a bunch of its limited resources on an old reliever. Wonderful.

by ab03 on Dec 22, 2010 11:40 AM CST reply actions

I was wrong about Oliver.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Dec 22, 2010 11:45 AM CST reply actions

I was also wrong about Oliver

Everytime I see him come into a game for the Rangers, I would cuss. But last year, except for a couple of poor performances, he did very well.

by Philar on Dec 22, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions

That picture could have been a very, very bad reminder....

of a very, very bad end to a wonderful season.

But it wasn’t and all is forgiven!!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

by TxStCa on Dec 22, 2010 12:31 PM CST reply actions

This old thread...

just reminds me that we no longer call LSJ “baseball Jesus.”

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by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 22, 2010 3:06 PM CST reply actions

I've never understood

Why anyone would ever have called him that.

by matteo25 on Dec 22, 2010 8:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Me neither, I just rolled with it

I NEVER SAID BATMAN!!!

by LSJ on Dec 23, 2010 2:58 AM CST up reply actions

There was a point in time where you were acting as if you knew everything about baseball, I believe that's how it started.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Dec 23, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

I remember how it started

I just don’t know why it caught on. It really was kinda weak.

I NEVER SAID BATMAN!!!

by LSJ on Dec 23, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

I kind of like looking at the old threads

and seeing where I stood on things and who I argued with and over what. I was pretty spot on with the Oliver thing. The CJ in the rotation though, I was waaaaaayyyyy off.

Oh, and I had an argument with someone over the Leach case and Leach getting the sovereign immunity waived against Tech. I need to look that up because I was right on that one as well. Mother fucker pissed me off saying I didn’t know what I was talking about.

"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz

by AceJC on Dec 22, 2010 11:41 PM CST up reply actions