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Yeah, I was wrong on Hairston and Bigbie as well. Wily Mo Pena isn't exactly making me look great either.:angryfire:

Pena is the first recent guy to come to mind, but I know there's been tons of guys I've been wrong about over the years.

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Not Orioles guys, but I was way off on Wily Mo Pena and Austin Kearns.

As for the O's, I was massively wrong about Luis Matos and Larry Bigbie. Pretty wrong on Denny Bautista. And mostly incorrect that Javy Lopez, Sidney Ponson, and Miguel Tejada were enough to propel us to the playoffs. ;)

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A lot of us had Jerry wrong...Up until the point where they essentially went there seperate ways, there was a ton of reason to believe Jerry would be the better player.

Jerry, Matos and Bigbie...A trio of guys many of us were wrong about but you do wonder if things would have been different if they were healthy and got consistent playing time.

Way way off on the AJP to the Giants trade.

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I'm ashamed to admit that I thought Sammy Sosa would have one or two good years in Baltimore. Boy was I wrong.

My "Burres could be the next Jamie Moyer" (because he already knows how to pitch without dominating stuff) isn't looking real great right now either.

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I'm ashamed to admit that I thought Sammy Sosa would have one or two good years in Baltimore. Boy was I wrong.

My "Burres could be the next Jamie Moyer" (because he already knows how to pitch without dominating stuff) isn't looking real great right now either.

Heh. I was all on the Sammy Sosa might have a couple of good years in Baltimore train as well.

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