Comments on: It’s alive… ALIVE!

By: stampade1

stampade1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:39:28 +0000

Hey Matt!!! I talk to Troy weekly he is doing well!
His daughter is getting tall! Troy Cate was black balled by one of his coaches!! Thats why he was released!!!!

By: edgarfan

edgarfan — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:32:04 +0000

Yep, the triple was Podsednik. Got fined by Buhner in kangaroo court, too, for not running through the stop sign at third (he probably could have had an inside-the-park grand slam).

For all the acclaim he’s getting, he’s not that great a ballplayer, though. He’s basically cruising on the reputation of his 2003 season (.822 OPS with 59 SB). He stole more in 2004, but his power numbers have cratered, and his OBP fluctuates with his batting average such that he has to hit .280 or better to be useful. He’s a one-dimensional player (speed) who can only play the outfield. His OPS was sub-.680 in 2004, and this year he slugged for a lower percentage than he got on base (hard to do). No homers, and just one triple for all that speed.

When he was released by the M’s, what the club really needed was a slugging left-fielder, to complement Ichiro and Cameron in the outfield, not a singles-hitting speed guy.

By: Colm

Colm — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:20:14 +0000

Bases loaded triple in his first ever major league at-bat. Wasn’t that Podsednik?

By: pensive

pensive — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 05:54:56 +0000

Posednik was as a Mariner and is now scrappier than Bloomquist. Some ML players that Ms got nothing in return for is confusing and frustrating at times.

By: Colm

Colm — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:44:31 +0000

msb: Owls? Surely Rick Neuheisel is not going to coach my beloved Sheffield Wednesday?

By: JMB

JMB — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:53:10 +0000

msb is getting at the fact that it was Lou himself who got rid of Podsednik, saying he wouldn’t make it in the majors…

By: Jon Helfgott

Jon Helfgott — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:40:17 +0000

Lou had Podsednik in Seattle for all of 26 at-bats. He probably barely remembers the guy.

By: David J Corcoran

David J Corcoran — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:21:03 +0000

53: Lou has conveniently *not* mentioned Podsy as a Mariner, for obvious reasons.

By: msb

msb — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:12:36 +0000

I haven’t heard as much of the tv audio for the Angels games– has Lou mentioned when he had Podsednik in Seattle, in the way he’s mentioned Garcia, Cora, Norm?….

By: msb

msb — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:47:35 +0000

and a very enthusiastic cheerleader