Offler the Crocodile God (Six-Armed Offler of the Bird-Haunted Mouth) started out in Klatch, and succeeded in spreading from there. He has an obvious role in any hot land with big rivers, especially when people have to hope that a log is just a log, but he has somehow acquired worshippers as far afield as Ankh-Morpork and even the Ramtops. This is partly through his taking responsibility for all sorts of reptiles and other scaly things which most gods ignore, and partly through the creation of a visually impressive but largely undemanding cult which accepts prayers without pushing for too much more. Offler's crocodilian mouth-structure causes him to speak with a strong lisp.
- from GURPS Discworld

In the depths of the off-season, alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox was having a shortage of things to talk about. So therefore, a fluff topic was raised - after the trade of Damon Buford to the Cubs, the light-hitting outfield duo of 'Lewford' was no longer a part of the Red Sox. However, this nickname had provided so much amusement that a new one needed to be provided immediately.

Quite a few wandered through the group while the thread lasted. The one that provoked this drawing, however, was 'Offler'. A combination, of course, of Offerman and Sadler, that name also happens to correspond with one of the gods of Terry Pratchett's Discworld (see the introduction to the superstitions essay for another) - Offler, the Crocodile God. So I had to draw this....