Some SSI'er layed the Over/Under date for Tank to bash his way into Safeco at June 1st. Ummmmm.....That was me.
Some SSI'er said that Haniger was likely a 110 OPS guy this season. Wait....that was me, too.
Some SSI'er said, two seasons ago, that Dario Pizzano was a line-drive hitting jessy, with a good eye, and was on his way to being a decent to good Mariner bat. Sunny beaches.....That, too, was little ol' moi.
Pointing out that Gallardo wasn't very good, beyond innings eating, was hardly a failure, Doc. And the HWMNBN moniker was your best this side of Zeus.
Gallardo remains a 30 start, 180+ innings BoR guy who will get lit up like a pinball machine on a quasi-regular basis.
No Mea Culpa needed. Balanced against the fact that, back when he was something like 7 or 8 years old, you were telling the baseball world that James Paxton was soon going to explode on it like a Kershaw or Koufax, a slight faux pas from the good Doc warrants no mention.
Certainly not like that Pizzano thing!* But, hey.....I was first in line to point out that the Dyson/Martin Plan was a disaster waiting to happen. I've got that going for me! :)
It's funny you posted this, btw. I had been thinking about doing a thread about our best and worst Mariner predictions. You know, the kind we planted our flags in and proudly claimed. Back when the M's grabbed a AA'er named Mike Carp, winter of '09, I was 1st in line (I think) to say he would be a productive MLB'er. I sort of got that one right; he was sort of pretty productive for a while, although I have no idea what happened to his bat. Well, I have an wild idea, but that is it. Last season he played 8 games in Mexico: .043-.179-.043!! I was early in on the idea that Figgins was about to crash, when we got him. I got that one right. Liked Ben Gamel from Day 1. Beat the drum on that one. But I was pretty hot on Blake Beavan, back in '11, too. Missed by a mile, there. On one or two others, too. Cough...Romero...Cough. Cough...Chris Taylor...Cough. But my Eric Thames call, this winter, makes up for the Romero gaffe, doesn't it?
Anyway....I was thinking that such an "Ace/Unforced Error" thread might be interesting.
*Still holding out hope, too. C'mon kid!
BTW: Romero is at .281-.339-.579 in 15 games/62 PA with the Orix Buffaloes. 5 homers but (go figure) just 3 BB's to go with 15 K's.