I’m just trying to see if we can get 365 straight days of “Merry Something” as a headline on this blog. So far we’re up to 3. That’s just the kind of creativity you guys look for from The Lost Ogle.
Anyway, it’s a snowy day and we’ve all got the Christmas hangover, so none of us really wanted to write anything today. Instead, a look at what was making news 27 years ago. After the jump is an excerpt from an Oklahoman article the day after OSU lost a football game to the University of Washington.
I have to say, I can’t find a byline for this story, but something about it seems just slightly more vicious than the Oklahoman articles you see today. If Mike Gundy were the coach in 1980, I suspect he might have had something to say about this.
Sorry about the formatting of the headline. I have all the computer literacy of a hippo on meth.
File this one under “If you could think of a perfect article about Jim Traber from 30 years ago, what would it be?”
i am sure there is a joke about greasy hands (5 fumbles!!!!)from being fed chicken by his mom written by jenni carlson here somewhere, but i just cant seem to find it…….
Did you happen to see the byline for this? It looks like it either was obscured in the scan, or didn’t make it into the screen print. Whoever it was, I like their writing style.
“Traber put the ball on the ground again. It skittered away crazily, in spin the bottle fashion, and, like a fickle lover, found another.”
“…walked over to the stadium wall and banged his head against the concrete three times. Amazingly, his head did not roll around on the artificial turf like a loose B.B.”
I don’t know, it’s like The Oklahoman didn’t always suck.
Now this is funny…
God love him, I would miss him if he were a part of another market…I still crack up seeing him running around after the little japanese pitcher, even after seeing it 1,000 times. It never gets old (Unlike his rants about HS football)
“short fat hands, and a short fat brain”
Guys,
Dont you know that Traber has Cal Ripken’s # in his cell phone?
I’m wondering if this article was written by Jim Lassiter? He used to do a pretty good job of stirring up us OSU fans.
Do you think those short, fat hands can break in my new baseball glove I just got for Christmas? Thanks I will take the info off the air.
That’s a Jim Lassiter column.
Traber’s number is also on Cal Ripken’s phone…on the Block Calls From This Number list. Thank you, I’ll be here all week…
This is BIGTIME gentlemen. Basically I could not be more massively happy if Matt Holliday spit up on my shirt. My homeboys call me “fat fingers” and if it were not for HOF 1st basemen Eddie Murray holding me back, you would know me as JOURNEYMAN. If you put a truth serum in me I would basically be massively forced to tell you that I have fat little hands on a fat little body..Now on that baseball glove….
This is a Christmas miracle. I love this stuff.
Now take it easy there big fellas . What have you idiots accomplished near as great as me? I played in the MLB and in Japan and was a legend despite my mullet I now shape the minds of the youth (and the uneducated callers to my show) and yell and berate others on a show I like to think dominates. I aint no yard bird like you all . Sorry if your jealous that Cal and I showered together and keep in contact. Jules never gets jealous. Neither does Steely. This article shows that despite what you roaches think, I am not an OU homer. Btw, Beau was 1st team all state……AS A JUNIOR!! Now go out, buy a ford from chickasha, a satalite from graves and rent some media equipment from fowler. .
Traber is phoney baloney, lives vicariously on the accolades of others, and I hear Jim T. is a lousy tipper, hung uo on 10%
hey big fella, you want to come on here and call me phoney? (spit, spit, spit). atleast people know who I am. who the heck are you BETNHI? Didn’t I ban you from my site you worthless turd (spit, spit, spit). I have to go back to shaping the minds of the youth and getting my arse handed to me in arguments with Trammel, so continue to live your pathetic existence and hide behind your message board nicknames big fella. (spit)
Don’t forget about getting your arse handed to you in local casino poker rooms.
If by “All State” you mean “honorable mention” along with 68 other OKHS linebackers you are “BASICALLY” correct bigman. NTL he is a special player. Al and Traber have been saying it for a while now. You see what I mean? Massively yours, fat hands
Is that all you got, FAT-BOY, all the fat boys watch you and say to their wives,”See, there’s a fat guy doing okay, bring me another beer.”
Do you suppose the Total. Dominance. Hour. routine was the whammer’s idea? So lame even Dean is embarassed to participate. The only domination that is taking place is the highly likeable and knowledgable Barry Trammel making hash of Jim’s irrational theories about sport (Penn State’s uni’s make them look slower for instance). Truth serum and “wouldn’t you agree” aside, Jim is an idiot. A lifetime 220 hitter in three or four MLB seasons is the “Ultimate”? The joke writes itself.
Hey BETNHI, your right, I am fat, but my fat ass still is one making major money, a MLB pension and getting to hang out with superstars like Humpman, Steely, Rosie Rogers and many more regional radio stars. Go back to your hole, give yourself the stranger and make sure to continue to beg to get back on my website
And Jimmy Johnson used to call him
“Sonny” Traber. Don’t hold your breath
waiting for Jim to mention this on the
radio.
HEY FAT BOY (alias JT), If you had a little humility you would be perfect. A perfect ASS.
Hey Jim, what does a MLB pay for a four year career? What was your BA again “Ultimate”? I forgot…Oh, hell give me a truth serum, I know it was .227. I lied. You might want to compare your stats to guys like JD Drew who you call a JOKE. What does that make you?
Jim said”When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and join the circus. With the Orioles I’ve accomplished both.”