This Day in LSB History

by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2012 1:30 PM CST

Four years ago today, the Rangers designated Armando Galarraga for assignment.

Galarraga was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Michael Hernandez, and promptly had a pretty good season for them, resulting in much criticism of Jon Daniels giving up "four aces" in Galarraga, Edinson Volquez, John Danks, and Chris Young.

Other than the perfect game that wasn't, though, Galarraga hasn't done much since then.

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I love reading threads like that

and seeing how some folks thought it should have been Cruz over Galarraga

Go Rangers! Go Cowboys! Go FSU!

by tdi1985 on Jan 25, 2012 1:51 PM CST reply actions

Well

4 years ago you could have easily made the case for it

And in fact just a month or so later Cruz was in fact DFA’d.

by bigsteve on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not sure I've ever felt more sorry for

any guy in my life.

"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan

by Flynnyrd on Jan 25, 2012 1:51 PM CST reply actions

Oy

Looking through some notes, I speculated that other candidates were Feldman and Robinson Tejeda (himself waived a few months later) or maybe Josh Rupe or John Rheinecker (who barely pitched again). And I don’t believe Hernandez even showed up to Spring Training, or at least I couldn’t find anyone who’d seen him when I was out there. NOT a candidate was Luis Mendoza, because of his magical two-seamer.

Atheists cannot explain the Origin of the Moon, despite many failed attempts. --- Conservapedia.

by Lucas on Jan 25, 2012 1:52 PM CST reply actions