Kalapse

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 07:55 AM) 1% body fat is a trip to the hospital, the body isn't meant to function that way. Even the people I've seen/known who were insane about being fit were in the 4-5% range. He was clearly exaggerating for effect. I believe anything under 8% is considered unhealthy, at least that's what I've always gone by.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 03:36 AM) He would have been fifth actually... Without even clicking the link I know it's something like a 0.1% difference between Pods and Chris Snyder. I knew and yet I did it anyway.

Troy Renck from the Denver Post was on the radio this morning and he had a few interesting things to say I suppose. 1.) Scott Podsednik no longer profiles as a starting CF (shocking, I know). Teams weren't all that interested in him (he's been sitting at home for 2 weeks) because he's pretty much a full time LF at this point in his career. 2.) He really struggled with his pinch hitting duties in Colorado. I looked it up and he's right. 9 for 50 w/ 6:12 BB:K, .180/.281/.220/.501 3.) Injuries weren't an issue for him at all in Colorado. He changed his workout routine and got down to something like 1% body fat (I doubt it) and managed to stay healthy for the whole season. He only got 181 PA and 25 starts over the course of the season, not much of a chance to injure himself. In other words: not much of note.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 11:31 AM) Like fathom said, that's the first time in 6 attemps Crede has been clutch. Stuck out late in a game two nights ago. Struck out against Jenks with the bases loaded, and also didn't come through in the 8th inning in another game against us. But it's the single moments that get burned into people's brains that make them form a solid opinion about something or someone. Look at Pods' 2005 Game 2 WS home run for example. You are a horrible human being. I hate you. Coming into today he had 34 PA. 0 for 4 w/ RISP 1 for 8 close & late w/ that double from yesterday being his only hit and another 6 Ks to go along with it 1 for 10 in high leverage situations with again that double being his only hit, half of those ABs ended with him striking out 1 for 10 in innings 7-9 w/ 6 Ks

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) Ozzie usually has a policy of not playing a guy until a day after he is ready to play. He'll be in the lineup at the trop. I just wish we had an offensively competent utility player. Looking at what Lillibridge did in his brief stint in the majors last year is just scary, I don't think he knows what kind of hitter he is. Low contact, high FB%, almost non-existent LD% and his K rate was dreadful at both levels, he has the peripherals of a power hitter but the body and ability of a slap hitter.

Great to see Contreras man up right there. Excellent.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) Fields has always been that size. There aren't very many "small" 3B...ever since he was a QB at OSU, he looked pretty much the same. Joe Crede wouldn't have dreamed about a triple there. We really need Getz back in the line-up. Lillibridge just doesn't make enough contact to be effective. Let him leadoff all season at Charlotte. Lillibridge had a 76% contact rate in 85 big league PA last year, that would put him in the bottom 60 players out of the 280 qualified hitters in the majors last year (had he qualified), if he wants to be effective at the next level that rate needs to come up 10 to 12 points.

Personally, I loved the hit and run with a bad contact hitter at the plate. If the hit and run is on and that ball is anywhere near the zone, you absolutely HAVE to make contact, no excuses. You can't whiff.

QUOTE (Soxpranos @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:43 PM) And Crede is not clutch? He just won it for the Twinkies. Hey! I guess the sixth time's a charm, good for him.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:45 PM) You wouldn't happen to know how many times he was "rested" after he had a multi-hit game would you? I seem to remember being furious when BA would seem to be figuring it out and get a couple of days off and ruin the momentum. 20 mulit-hit games, he sat the next day after 4 of them.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) You mean Thursday? Danks is going tomorrow, isn't he? WED: Contreras THU: Danks FRI: Colon

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:09 PM) maybe pods can be what he was those first couple weeks in 07, where he was our offense. 5 games

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 08:46 PM) nick swisher keeps raking....that trade is gonna look really bad when marquez turns out to be nothing and swisher has 30 HR .458/.536/1.208/1.744 w/ 4 HR and 11 RBI as of right now

Former Royals and Mets hurler Ambiorix Burgos (yeah, remember him?) was sentenced to 9 months in jail for beating his now ex-girlfriend. Nice guy.

One interesting note: breaking the season up into 20 game chunks, there was a 40 game stretch starting with team game #41 in which Anderson started 45% of the games in CF.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 08:04 PM) The last paragraph by Ozzie is just begging for Kalapse to prove incorrect. I'll be honest, I opened a spreadsheet right after I read it. Depending on his definition of "gave" and "all year long" I'd say he's full of s***.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 07:19 PM) It's Ozzie likes fast players and the fact that he doesn't like BA. BA himself isn't so impressive you know... If BA shows me he can hit .250 playing everyday, I'll take that. I think everybody will. Problem is, he probably can't. He hit .230 last year while getting selected at bats where he saw nothing but fastballs half the time. Throw him a breaking ball and he will squeal. What makes you think BA is going to hit .250-.260 while playing everyday? I'm not hating on the guy, it's just what the stats tell me. If he does manage a .250/.260 AVG then he's right where Pods has been over the past 3 season but with a little less speed, more power and infinitely better defense. Just to clear that up. If anyone believes Brian is capable of hitting .250 Scott Podsednik has to revert back to his mid '00s self to justify being an everyday CF considering how god awful he is out there and even then it might now be worth it. It's not so much about Anderson being a good everyday player as it is Podsednik being a poor offensive player who's getting old and can't play the field even adequately and hence I can't imagine the justification for using him as an everyday player right off the bat. The justification for giving Anderson the vast majority of ABs? Even if he doesn't hit he's still going to be an above average defender with a strong arm at a top 2 DEFENSIVE position. The Sox don't have an sure-fire everyday centerfielder in the organization right now but they do have a 27 year old former first round pick with a whole lot of talent and less than 700 career PA, unless a more capable player is acquired sometime soon, now is probably the time to give him that one last shot to prove that he can hit major league pitching. If he gets the ABs and fails then that's that.

*drools*

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 05:29 PM) Why don't we stop sucking off that 2005 team? Seriously. I appreciate what they did in 2005 but I'm not buying into the eternal admiration we're supposed to show for these players. Maybe it's because they won a World Series when I was 18 so I don't qualify as a "long suffering" Sox fan but I'm not going to suck off each player who contributed to a win or had a big hit in '05. The return of an '05 "hero" now past his prime and looking to keep his career alive via minor league deals doesn't get me all giggly. He was a good player for us for the majority of the 2005 season and he's had a decent major league career outside of that year but he's really not any damn good these days, if it were up to me he could have any number that's not currently taken or #47.

QUOTE (MO2005 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 05:51 PM) They are pretty much the same offensively... They're almost total opposites in terms of approach.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 05:09 PM) The only positive about Pods over Wise/BA/Owens right now is the plate discipline. He'll draw more walks and see a ton more pitches than any of those other 3. And he can get a bunt down. It just reminds me of how much I hate watching him hit. He works counts well because he just doesn't swing the bat. For his career he's only swung at 36.7% of his total pitches seen. Last year that would have been the 4th lowest swing% of the 343 players who had at least 200 PA. He makes contact at a very high rate; his 88.1% number would put him in the upper 14 percentile of qualified hitters last year but he chooses to just watch pitches. For his career only 7% of his total strikes are from him swinging and missing while 38% are looking. That's why back in '05 and '06 50% of his strikeouts (total: 171 K) were looking. He's incredibly disciplined, anyone who watches 63%+ of pitches into the glove has to be but his strikezone vision isn't great. Good discipline + poor zone vision = bat on shoulder approach. He doesn't really draw walks but 8 to 9 percent of his plate appearances will likely end in him jogging to 1st.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) I would really like someone to answer this for me. I dont know if its in my head that I can directionally hit the ball or if I am suppossed to just press x for the swing. Its a basic thing but I am not that fluent in video games. Sorry, I missed your post. Go into the options and turn "Plate Coverage Indicator" on. You'll now have a yellow circle on the screen that shows you where you're swinging and how much of the plate you're covering, it's very helpful IMO.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) I don't know how good BA would be if exposed over long periods of time. Start BA against lefties and keep Pods down at 9th against righties. See how it works out. I have a feeling Ozzie is tempted to put Pods at leadoff...ewww. Scott Podsednik is a 33 year old marginal offensive player (.256/.322/.353/.675 in 1008 PA over the last 3 seasons) and terrible center fielder with an awful arm. Why anyone would a player such as this to receive 75% of the total PA in center field is beyond me.

Josh is hitting .318 with a .464 OBP and excellent defense at third. No reason to go changing anything when things are going this well for him.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) This is a different team with different circumstances. After 07 BA spoke of his attitude adjustment, Ozzie does have to manage a team whom he sees every day, it's possible more than our video-game minds should be brought into consideration. I'm not saying he's always right, but the overreaction, hyperbole on this board is astoundingly ridiculous. BA should have someone to platoon with, and we DO need a contingency plan if Getz has trouble. Pods is hardly a great contingency plan, but he's sure as s*** better than Owens. Edmonds. may. not. have. been. able. to be gotten. I don't think the Sox (KW or Ozzie) would be interested in Edmonds regardless. I do believe they're proud of their new found speed in CF. With another plodder in Center they could no longer claim that greater than half the lineup is capable of going first to third or score from second on a single.