Absolutely. Just think, once upon a time, our stars were Dmitri Young and Bobby Higginson .. Our big hope was exciting prospects like Kyle Sleeth and Kenny Baugh. Did either of them ever make it up to the majors? Of course we had some exciting up and coming pitchers like Jeremy Bonderman.
My point is, we had to have fun wherever we could find it. Watching Nook Logan and Alex Sanchez constantly bunt for base hits made for entertainment during dark times.
Then of course we got Pudge and Magglio, and Verlander and Granderson emerged from the farm, and by 2006 things started to get fun for real.
I'll never forget Chris Shelton's ridiculous start. Literally hitting like he's Babe Ruth, until a few months into the season when the rest of the league figured him out, and he didn't even finish the year on the major league roster.
This board made those days a lot of fun. And I wish a lot more of the old posters would resurface. Whatever happened to DaYooper? Yoda? etc Miss you guys wherever you are!