Pods' health

[winninguglyin83]

With the signing of Damon by the Yankees, I remembered how important Pods was to the Sox in the first half of the season. When he was getting on base and stealing at a high success rate, it made a huge difference to the offense and the mindset.

 

Obviously, the Sox won without that over the last 2 1/2 months.

 

But a healthy Pods will make the season bright.

 

Has anybody heard any news about how he is doing and whether the leg problems are a thing of the past?

[qwerty]

If podsednik is not healthy by now he has some real problems. A simple hamstring injury should not carry over to a new year. Realistically he should have stopped running when he got back from the the dl because he was bad running the bases period. When it came to stealing bases he was just awful.

[Rowand44]

If podsednik is not healthy by now he has some real problems. A simple hamstring injury should not carry over to a new year. Realistically he should have stopped running when he got back from the the dl because he was bad running the bases period. When it came to stealing bases he was just awful.

qwerty despises pods in case anyone didnt know. Anywho, he should hopefully be fine this year and yes a hamstring injury for a baserunner can be nagging as all hell.

[qwerty]

qwerty despises pods in case anyone didnt know.  Anywho, he should hopefully be fine this year and yes a hamstring injury for a baserunner can be nagging as all hell.

 

Should have stopped running and stop wasting outs. Everyone in the world but jphat wanted him to stop running and realized he was terrible at it the last two months of the season. It is mostly useless to steal bases and expecially when you go in a streak of getting caught 16 out of 20 times... was something redirkulous like that.

[Rowand44]

. It is mostly useless to steal bases

Hehe.

[qwerty]

Hehe.

 

It's the truth and has been proven time and time again. But it is a s3cks1 stat. I admit i do not mind stolen bases, but only when it is at a very good clip, which is few and far between in this league.

[Rowand44]

It's the truth and has been proven time and time again. But it is a s3cks1 stat. I admit i do not mind stolen bases, but only when it is at a very good clip, which is few and far between in this league.

Proven time and time by what? Meh, whatever, no point to argue this right now.

[SSH2005]

Should have stopped running and stop wasting outs. Everyone in the world but jphat wanted him to stop running and realized he was terrible at it the last two months of the season. It is mostly useless to steal bases and expecially when you go in a streak of getting caught 16 out of 20 times... was something redirkulous like that.

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Agreed, it was stupid of Podsednik to continue trying to steal bases when he came back from the DL. You could see him getting thrown out from a mile away.

[watchtower41]

Should have stopped running and stop wasting outs. Everyone in the world but jphat wanted him to stop running and realized he was terrible at it the last two months of the season. It is mostly useless to steal bases and expecially when you go in a streak of getting caught 16 out of 20 times... was something redirkulous like that.

 

 

I hear you loud and clear, and where I will agree with most of the post, I will say this... even though Pods was not as efficient when he came back from the DL, the opposing pitchers still had to think about him before worrying about Iguchi at the plate. If he stopped running all together, the risk factor is not there and Iguchi gets less favorable pitches. Towards the playoffs, Pods was beginning to gain momentum back and get his timing right, we also have to take into consideration that the rest of the league was catching up with him at the same time. Point being, Pods was effective and still produced runs even though it was not up to the level that we had come to expect.

[SSH2005]

I hear you loud and clear, and where I will agree with most of the post, I will say this... even though Pods was not as efficient when he came back from the DL, the opposing pitchers still had to think about him before worrying about Iguchi at the plate.  If he stopped running all together, the risk factor is not there and Iguchi gets less favorable pitches. Towards the playoffs, Pods was beginning to gain momentum back and get his timing right, we also have to take into consideration that the rest of the league was catching up with him at the same time.  Point being, Pods was effective and still produced runs even though it was not up to the level that we had come to expect.

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Podsednik was more than inefficient after the All-Star break. He probably hurt the team attempting to steal more than he helped (15 SB, 14 CS).

 

Hopefully, he will be 100% healthy and back to stealing bases the way he did before the All Star break last season (44 SB, 9 CS).

[kevin57]

In the midst of the shake-up in the offseason, the health of

 

Pods

 

Crede

 

Hermanson

have been sort of flying under the radar.

 

It would be nice to hear from someone in the organization how rehabilitation plans are coming along.

[Rowand44]

Podsednik was more than inefficient after the All-Star break.  He probably hurt the team attempting to steal more than he helped (15 SB, 14 CS).

 

Hopefully, he will be 100% healthy and back to stealing bases the way he did before the All Star break last season (44 SB, 9 CS).

Pods was bad at the end of the regular season when he got hurt but he was fantastic in the playoffs. Also, exactly what watchtower said took place right away in the playoffs. When Scotty got on in his first ab against the Sawx, Clement kept stepping off and stepping off, throwing over, then he goes and hits Dye. Then Scott steals 3rd and scores the first run, set the tone for that game and made this team more comfortable. Another thing about Scott is how it he manufactured so many 1st inning runs by himself to get us the lead, that something people dont talk about enough imo. When he's healthy and running he's a damn good leadoff hitter and one of our most valuable hitters.

Edited December 21, 2005 by Rowand44

[SSH2005]

Pods was bad at the end of the regular season when he got hurt but he was fantastic in the playoffs.  Also, exactly what watchtower said took place right away in the playoffs.  When Scotty got on in his first ab against the Sawx, Clement kept stepping off and stepping off, throwing over, then he goes and hits Dye.  Then Scott steals 3rd and scores the first run, set the tone for that game and made this team more comfortable.  Another thing about Scott is how it he manufactured so many 1st inning runs by himself to get us the lead, that something people dont talk about enough imo.  When he's healthy and running he's a damn good leadoff hitter and one of our most valuable hitters.

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I agree for the most part, although his raw postseason SB numbers show otherwise (6 SB, 3 CS; 66% success).

[Felix]

Pods was bad at the end of the regular season when he got hurt but he was fantastic in the playoffs.

Not looking at the numbers, I think he had 4 stolen bases, and was caught 3 times. But if you think thats fantastic, alright

 

blah SSH beat me to it.

Edited December 21, 2005 by Felix

[watchtower41]

Podsednik was more than inefficient after the All-Star break.  He probably hurt the team attempting to steal more than he helped (15 SB, 14 CS).

 

Hopefully, he will be 100% healthy and back to stealing bases the way he did before the All Star break last season (44 SB, 9 CS).

 

 

During those 29 sb attemps after the all-star game, I wonder just how many fastballs Iguchi got?? Just watching game 3 of the ALDS last night again, Wakefield hit Pods to lead off the game...and he threw over to first base 5 times. Granted the success ratio was not as good, but to say that he hurt the team is ignorance. This team wasted plenty of outs with stupid baserunning errors or Cora giving the wave, if Pods was thrown out at 2nd, at least I know the opposing pitcher wasted throws and his count to get that out. Its unbelievable the amount of repsect and attention he gets from opposing pitchers....

[Rowand44]

I agree for the most part, although his raw postseason SB numbers show otherwise (6 SB, 3 CS; 66% success).

He got thrown out twice right away then you could tell he was starting to get his rythem back. Anyways, that's not exactly what I was talking about, more of how the threat of a sb can effect a sp so much. Clement started to wet himself right when Pods got on base, you could tell he was much more worried about Pods then the actual hitters.

[SSH2005]

He got thrown out twice right away then you could tell he was starting to get his rythem back.  Anyways, that's not exactly what I was talking about, more of how the threat of a sb can effect a sp so much.  Clement started to wet himself right when Pods got on base, you could tell he was much more worried about Pods then the actual hitters.

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That's the part of your post that I agreed with.

[elrockinMT]

I think we can all agree, except Qwerty maybe, that Pods looked good during the playoffs and WS. I think he will be just fine.

[South Side Fireworks Man]

If podsednik is not healthy by now he has some real problems. A simple hamstring injury should not carry over to a new year.

Podsednik had a strained abductor/groin injury which slowed him down last season, not a simple hamstring injury.

[ptatc]

Podsednik had a strained abductor/groin injury which slowed him down last season, not a simple hamstring injury.

 

Actually, he had an adductor muscle strain. The adductor magnus specifically. Part of it acts similar to the hamstring during extension of the hip. It is the muscle that he uses to "push off" when moving laterally to steal a base. And Yes, he is healthy and will be fine for the beginning of the season. As far as his leg is concerned that is.