Doll Is Mine wrote:Ryan Tannehill will be doing gay porn within five years.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Ryan Tannehill will be doing gay porn within five years.

Doll Is Mine wrote:All I can think about today, well other than Tannehill, is...what if Cliff Lee were able to hold on to that 4-0 lead. Sigh...

"It’s a good sign that we’ve gotten less than typical production from some of our major players and we are still where we are."

“Listen, we got what we thought would be good complementary players, especially in center field. We wanted to make sure we had someone who could defend and stabilize the position. It’s so important to have that in the middle of the field.

"Ben has been OK. I was hoping that he'd be playing better. He hasn’t played up to expectations yet. He’s still a young guy. He’s still adjusting to a new club and he wasn’t an everyday centerfielder in Minnesota. Unfortunately people expect a lot from a guy when you trade for him. We still need to be patient. Hopefully he’ll be the player we think he can be, but you always run a risk with a young player.

“From what we saw, we felt he’d be an above-average defender. He’s had some issues with routes. Again, he’s still learning. People wanted young players. We wanted young players. Sometimes it takes a young player time. You can’t expect them to all be stars right away.

“Look at Domonic. People said, ‘What’s with Domonic Brown? He’s never going to be a player. Trade him.’ I see that stuff. The fact of the matter is it takes time for guys to develop. What Domonic has done has been great. I didn’t expect this type of success this early. But he’s always had the ability and the talent and now you’re seeing what can happen when it comes together.”

“Domonic has allowed guys to work with him -- Steve Henderson, Wally Joyner, Chase ... I wish some of our veterans would take advice like that. It doesn’t happen all the time. They get locked into their way of doing things. They know what they need to do to have success, but sometimes a new voice helps.”

“We added complementary players this winter because we thought our veterans would play at a higher level. Part of our problem is we’re not getting the production from our veteran guys. Howard hasn’t produced like we thought he would, Jimmy has done some things lately. Chase hasn’t been on the field. Ruiz has been hurt.

“That’s four guys we were counting on [who are] not producing, and that puts heat on the complementary guys. Once we get guys back I think we’ll be OK because our starting pitching has kept us in a lot of games.”

“Delmon has had success in fits and starts. By this time I had hoped for a little more consistent offensive production. How patient can we be? I’m not sure. But we’ll be patient until he improves or somebody produces more than him.”

“People think we’re going to blow up this team. We’re never going to be in the position of blowing up. There’s no blowing up. There might come a time when we make changes to improve for the future, but we don’t have a reason to blow it up. Boston didn’t blow it up last year. They retooled. That’s the challenge we have whether it’s July 31 or November 1.”

Doll Is Mine wrote:Not a single offseason acquisition or free agent signing has worked out. Not a single one. That's pretty hard to do.

Delmon Young, Ben Revere, Michael Young, John Lannan, Mike Adams, Chad Durbin.

BigEd76 wrote:

“Delmon has had success in fits and starts. By this time I had hoped for a little more consistent offensive production. How patient can we be? I’m not sure. But we’ll be patient until he improves or somebody produces more than him.”

Doll Is Mine wrote:Not a single offseason acquisition or free agent signing has worked out. Not a single one. That's pretty hard to do.

Delmon Young, Ben Revere, Michael Young, John Lannan, Mike Adams, Chad Durbin.

philliesphhan wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Not a single offseason acquisition or free agent signing has worked out. Not a single one. That's pretty hard to do.

Delmon Young, Ben Revere, Michael Young, John Lannan, Mike Adams, Chad Durbin.

Before he got hurt, Adams was pretty good. Michael Young has been ok given how #$!&@ awful he was last year.

Barry Jive wrote:the Papelbon deal looks worse now that the team is mediocre, also