January 17, 201412 yr Scotty Po-Po did nothing but hit for a good average and steal bases with the best of them. Why do you reckon he bounced around so many teams and is currently a free agent? He seemed pretty reserved and enigmatic when he played for the Chisox..maybe not the best club house guy?
January 17, 201412 yr I was actually thinking the same thing today (#randomness). I prefer him right now over De Aza
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 06:35 PM) I was actually thinking the same thing today (#randomness). I prefer him right now over De Aza Yuck.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 06:35 PM) I was actually thinking the same thing today (#randomness). I prefer him right now over De Aza awful, awful, awful
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (saabturbografx @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 06:19 PM) Scotty Po-Po did nothing but hit for a good average and steal bases with the best of them. Why do you reckon he bounced around so many teams and is currently a free agent? He seemed pretty reserved and enigmatic when he played for the Chisox..maybe not the best club house guy? I'm pretty sure he was just fine in the clubhouse. The reason he bounced around so much is cause he was a light hitting, awful defensive of whose injuries destroyed his one plus tool.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 06:44 PM) I'm pretty sure he was just fine in the clubhouse. The reason he bounced around so much is cause he was a light hitting, awful defensive of whose injuries destroyed his one plus tool. Whoa, catching the ball like it's a falling brick does not make you awful defensively. That's talent.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 06:35 PM) I was actually thinking the same thing today (#randomness). I prefer him right now over De Aza I'm not a big fan of De Aza, but there was about one thing that Pods did better... Be really fast. Other than that, Alejandro pretty well crushed Pods in every single category there is.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (saabturbografx @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) He was the main catalyst of the 2005 team and will never be forgotten The career-year pitching from all of our starters was the catalyst. Pods did have a very strong first half for our mediocre offense before injuries slowed his second half. 15 steals, 14 caught stealings after the all-star break.
January 17, 201412 yr Pods is more clutch and he hits a higher average Edited January 17, 201412 yr by Jose Abreu
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:18 PM) Pods is more clutch and he hits a higher average .281 vs .274 isn't a big deal. RISP De Aza .309/.515/.864 Pods .289/.396/.750
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:18 PM) Pods is more clutch and he hits a higher average Oh s***, now you've done it.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) Oh s***, now you've done it. Yeah, I'm in for it.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:23 PM) .281 vs .274 isn't a big deal. RISP De Aza .309/.515/.864 Pods .289/.396/.750 .289 RISP is acceptable. As for clutch, aside from his Yankees walk-off, I don't recall a De Aza moment as clutch as either the Pods Dodgers walk-off or Game 2. Podsednik is also faster and a better base stealer.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:26 PM) Yeah, I'm in for it. Somewhere someone just said " oh no you di'int"!
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:28 PM) .289 RISP is acceptable. As for clutch, aside from his Yankees walk-off, I don't recall a De Aza moment as clutch as either the Pods Dodgers walk-off or Game 2. Podsednik is also faster and a better base stealer. Because De Aza has all of those World Series AB's to be able to compare against... And Pods numbers are still not what De Aza's are there.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) Because De Aza has all of those World Series AB's to be able to compare against... And Pods numbers are still not what De Aza's are there. I suppose I meant to say base runner, not stealer. Remember how many bonehead plays ADA made on the basepaths this year?
January 17, 201412 yr Pods struck out more looking in clutch situations than anybody in the history of life.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:40 PM) I suppose I meant to say base runner, not stealer. Remember how many bonehead plays ADA made on the basepaths this year? No one will ever call De Aza a better base runner than Pods. That goes back to the being fast thing to. No one would argue that. The rest of it just isn't true. De Aza is still a way better hitter and outfielder than Pods ever was.
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:41 PM) Pods struck out more looking in clutch situations than anybody in the history of life. Nick Swisher was going to say hi, but he took strike three waiting to reply.
January 17, 201412 yr As the first batter of the game in 2005 he hit .333 with a .419 OBP. While he may not have been the best in high leverage situations, I loved watching him lead off games. He gets on, Iguchi moved him over, and he'd score on a sac fly or something. I wonder how many times we took a 1-0 lead in the first inning?
January 17, 201412 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 08:19 PM) Nick Swisher was going to say hi, but he took strike three waiting to reply.
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