The 'Boy Was I Wrong!' Thread

[odogs101]

Papy Ndungidi.... I thought he might stick around.

Boy was I wrong.

[Mike B]

Something fun for the All-star break...

Be open and honest as to your surefire player/coach/manager/management views that have come back to prove you wrong.

Younger players are still, well... young, things can change, but again... as of today, who was your "Boy was I wrong!":p

One more I just thought of. I remember being mad that the Orioles and Earl Weaver were going to screw up a young third baseman by moving him to short. I guess in retrospect Cal Jr. did okay. Too bad Earl did not think about earlier and we could have kept the starter of Oriole Magic, Doug Decinces.

[RShack]

No joke about the crabcakes out here, though. I'm still looking for a good one.

My bride will not allow me to order a crabcake unless we're in MD or certain parts of VA.

It's not for my benefit, she's just tired of all the complaining ;-)

[Greg Pappas]

In July of '06 I said I had no interest in either Edinsin Volquez or John Danks, as concerns having them as part of a Miggy trade package.

Boy was I wrong!

[RShack]

I remember being mad that the Orioles and Earl Weaver were going to screw up a young third baseman by moving him to short. I guess in retrospect Cal Jr. did okay. Too bad Earl did not think about earlier and we could have kept the starter of Oriole Magic, Doug Decinces.

Don't feel bad. Only 3 people on the planet thought he could play SS... 2 of them were named Cal, and the third one was named Earl.

As for DeCinces, he just had to go. The guy following Brooks was in an impossible situation.

[Mike B]

Don't feel bad. Only 3 people on the planet thought he could play SS... 2 of them were named Cal, and the third one was named Earl.

As for DeCinces, he just had to go. The guy following Brooks was in an impossible situation.

I get your point about Doug but considering the parade of third baseman that followed the man that replaced the legend, the Orioles were wrong to trade him for Disco Dan.

[NCRaven]

I can remember being the happiest kid alive when the O's traded for Glenn Davis and could care less that they gave up Schilling, Finley, and Harnish to get him.

I wasn't exactly a kid, but I'm with you. I thought this was a great trade.

30 homeruns for a player who's home field was the AstroDome; pre-steroid era; unheard of. For three guys most of us didn't have a clue about - pre Hangout, Baseball America website, etc..

[nerdlinger]

I would have to say my biggest are:

1.) Thinking Corey Patterson would become the YOUNG mainstay in center we needed.

2.) Thinking the Orioles ever should have thought about getting Barry Zito. That is my worst I believe.

3.) I was wrong in aggressively collecting multiple autographs of the following "FUTURE STARS" of the Orioles... Calvin Maduro, Sidney Ponson, Matt Riley, Ryan Kohlmier, Calvin Pickering, Ryan Minor, Larry Bigbie, Fernando Lunar, Luis Matos, Jerry Hairston, Tim Raines Jr., Willie Greene, Val Majewski, Chris Singleton, Josh Towers, Mike Kinkade, Mike Figga, Jay Spurgeon, Jorge Julio, Jesse Garcia, and there are TONS more...... god we really really did have a HORRID farm system! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I PAID FOR A LOT OF THOSE AUTOGRAPHS!!!!

BOY I WAS REALLY REALLY WRONG.

[osfan83]

Chris Richards looked like the real deal to me...thought we had 1b solved for many years.....WRONG!

[Baroquen131]

Mine have already been mentioned:

I thought Chen would hang around longer. Oops...

I thought Mazzone would have a better effect on the pitching staff. Oops...

I expected Loewen to be successful by now, and his chances appear to be sliding away. Oops...

I'm not ready to admit that I was wrong about D-Cab yet though.

[Three Run Homer]

I thought Bedard, Loewen and DCab would become the next Mulder, Zito and Hudson...boy, was I wrong!

I thought that Brian Roberts was the guy to trade because Hairston was better than BRob in the short run, and Fontenot would be better than BRob in the long run...boy, was I ever wrong!

I turned my nose up at the thought of Ervin Santana and Manny Aybar for Miguel Tejada...boy, was I wrong!

I thought Markakis was just a signability and ethnic loyalty pick...boy was I wrong!

[Fred Manfraud]

Now is the time for all you John Stephens fans to confess. Let's see a show of hands. I know you're out there.

As for me, I thought Craig Worthington would have a solid 15-year career. Brad Pennington. Ouch. Hurts to admit I thought he would be good. What was I thinking? Alex Ochoa. There are many more I've been wrong about.

[Fan4Life]

I don't think Olson has the goods to be a ML pitcher... I'd love to be posting in the 'Boy was I wrong thread" a few years from now eating crow... or whatever the catch of the day is.

[glenn__davis]

Chris Richards looked like the real deal to me...thought we had 1b solved for many years.....WRONG!

Good one. He was one I hadn't thought about -- I liked him a lot when we first got him.

Another big one for me that was already mentioned was Eric DuBose. I thought we had found a steal with a former top pick who had just needed time to recover from injury.

[Fred Manfraud]

I had my doubts if Stephens could be successful long-term, but I felt he deserved an opportunity in the bigs.

… The fact that he did not achieve success, it not same as saying someone was wrong for wanting to give him an opportunity. "

IIRC, there were plenty here who who adamant that he would be a successful major leaguer. I never contended he didn't deserve an opportunity, nor am I suggesting I know better than anyone else, not that you said that anyway.