I thought this team would be good.
I thought this team would be good.
I thought the team would be at least .500.
I thought Walt Jocketty would be a good GM.
... thinking it will never ever get better.
... the starting rotation. I thought at least 2/5 of it would stay healthy the entire year.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
... Jay Bruce. I thought he'd hit .250 with 35 HR this year.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
... Willy Taveras. I thought he'd at least masquerade as a good player for those who like speed and defense.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
... Scott Rolen. I thought he'd still be on the Toronto Blue Jays right now.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Nice try, but FAIL!
I was actually spot on Big Ben Broussard. Never said he'd be a star, just that he'd produce about what Casey would at a fraction of the cost.
Ben career OPS+104
Casey OPS+109
Casey Career (may be incomplete) $41,295,000
Ben Career (may be incomplete) $10,879,600
I'll certainly agree with the first sentence there. First they trade two prospects and a cheap starter for an expensive old "all star. Two weeks later they make public announcements about slowly building from within by developing players. Three days later they are promoting Drew Stubbs before he's ready because Wily Taveras got hurt.
I have no idea what this front office is thinking. Are they upset with Dusty? I have no idea. I watch the franchise pretty intently, and I can not begin to guess at what they are thinking.
"Even a bad day at the ballpark beats the snot out of most other good days. I'll take my scorecard and pencil and beer and hot dog and rage at the dips and cheer at the highs, but I'm not ever going to stop loving this game and this team and nobody will ever take that away from me." Roy Tucker October 2010
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
ditto. I thought he'd be crap, and he was useful.
I have been wrong about Aaron Harang repeatedly. When the Jose Guillen trade happened, I thought Valentine was the jewel of the trade and that Harang was a throw-in with a #4 starter upside. Instead he gave us a couple years as a #1 starter. On the contrary, this year I was wrong when I thought he'd turn it around.
Stick to your guns.
I thought they would lose 100 games this year, but now I think I was wrong (and unduly optimistic).
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