Mystery Solved: Why Pods Has Become A Legitimate Leadoff Threat

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2009 8:17 AM CDT

My friend George, North Side Sox fan for life (like me, from my neighborhood, except 10 years older) sent this to me last night:

My niece told me today that Rick Eickstein ( David's brother ) worked with Podsednick on his hitting over the winter. They share the same agent and the agent is the one that suggested they get together to work on Scott's hitting. It sure has worked out so far, a leadoff hitter is very important.

Now George, being Greek-American, holds certain beliefs dear (the imprtance of a leadoff hitter being one), the most fundamental being "family". Thus, his niece (who is close friends with Rick, having gone to school with him in Lake Mary, FL) I consider to be an unimpeachable source. If this is, in fact, true, to whom do we direct a petition to Fire Greg Walker and Hire Rick Eckstein? And would this happenstance not beg the question as to why Rick cannot seem to help his own brother (hitting the most punchless .260 known to man)?

Discuss.

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WinningUgly Fan Forever? :P

We should email Ozzie and after a few good stabs at Venezuela (to get his attention), suggest he relieve Walker of his duty of arriving at the park first…….orrrrrr ever.

Just [expletive] Fuck It.

by homesickalien on Jun 30, 2009 8:27 AM CDT reply actions

i don't know if i can handle everyone in the line-up doing a stutter step

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Jun 30, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

Thome would be funny.

member of a "solid community of fans" and "a meathead."

by thecip on Jun 30, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions

All sarcasm aside

This Pods kid has been a remarkable story so far. He was dead and buried, but he’s crawled out of the grave given us a couple months of solid offense.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 8:48 AM CDT reply actions

crawled out of the grave

as did you

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions

I know - I'm suddenly excited about this team

And who took down my original Lazarus?

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm beginning to think you are either an artist

or a priest.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

It's called a liberal education

Admittedly a strange concept for a Purdue grad, but there you have it.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Never took an art appreciation class.

Well, I did study at The Admiral on Lawrence for a few years, but that was after school…

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions

that's where i got my master's.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Jun 30, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

i have one of those too pete

English Ed out of Purdue

by airnjp on Jun 30, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

any relation to English Bob?

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jul 1, 2009 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions

bringing him up

this close to the 4th of july?

" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT

by U-God on Jul 1, 2009 8:06 AM CDT up reply actions

I couldn't make heads or tails of this post.

Pronunciation: ho'kiz'um
Function: noun
1. A catch phrase commonly used by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.
2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.

by Chiburb on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 AM CDT reply actions

Hoytsstash does remember frequenting GreekTown as a young 16 yr old buck,

drinking a pitcher of Margaritas
then throwing up alot on the way home.

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 30, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions

Back in the day

When they used to know how to separate the Greek men from the Greek boys

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Very "Michael Jackson -esque"

Hoytsstash is Irish. I was used stealin’ /taking beers and whiskey up to that point. Then leave it to the fuckin’ Greeks to introduce me to the Margarita ! LOL! Such a confused soul…..

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 30, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I swore off tequila for 5 years at one point

“Drink ’n Drown Night” at the Suds Factory in Ypsilanti (famous Greek patriot btw) will do that. 35¢ shots of El Chico tequila, but the 50¢ double shots were the real value for the dedicated bargain hunter.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

see below....

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 30, 2009 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions

How do you separate the Greek men from the Greek boys?

With a crowbar.

And you don't need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows.

by oahu420 on Jun 30, 2009 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I am so glad you posted that. I considered a similar reply.

I had thought better of it. It was a mistake.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I lobbed you the softball

and you whiffed

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jul 1, 2009 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions

I took it - didn't swing.

Too easy. Didn’t realize how funny it would read.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on Jul 1, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions

.35 cent shot and .50 cent double shots......Sweet Jesus !

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 30, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions

Even colin gets that math.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions

nothing sweet about El Chico

Washing them down with $2.50 pitchers of Schlitz didn’t help much either. I don’t know how the bar made any money on those nights (although there was a $5 cover for men, girls free – LADIES NIGHT, YES!). The cleaning bills alone must have been a killer, the men’s room was an elbow-to-elbow vomitorium by 11pm. Guys didn’t even bother with the toilets, they just hurled right in the urinals….place was a real Sodom & Gomorrah, great place for date rape before it became politcally incorrect.

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 30, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions