Holy (Bleepin) Crap! Scott Podsednik Hit A Homerun!

Minneapolis, Minnesota- Scott Podsednik, gutsy and gritty leadoff hitter, has hit his first regular season homerun since 2004. Podsednik hit the homerun off of a fellow member of the Scott fraternity, Scott Baker. I point this out only because, forgetting his World Series homerun, it has been a freakin' long time since Pods hit a homer. Anything to bring up that .397 slugging percentage. I'm sure Jason Kendall, a 0 homerun man himself, is watching slugging Scott with envy. Well all love Pods and his lovable, adorable bunting which gives baseball purists orgasms. But really, other than his obvious speed and solid defense, he doesn't offer that much else. His obp is average at best and same goes for his batting average. Of course, his power numbers are nonexistent. Honestly, he falls into the overrated category for me. Speaking of overrated leadoff hitters, Jim Hendry's Juan Pierre signing is looking about as diasatrous as the ESPN Mobile Phone ad campaign. Pierre is somehow, SOMEHOW, still batting leadoff for the Chicago Cubs. I would like to put stress on the SOMEHOW. There was a time when Pierre was one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball, way back in the ancient days of 2004. Those days have clearly passed. Besides the fact that Pierre isn't invited to Scott Podsednik's homerun party (soda, ice cream, and a free plastic whistle for everyone who has hit at least 1 hr) his on base percentage is beyond awful. By beyond awful, I mean below Jose Reyes territory. He's fallen near Christian Guzman territory, which is close enough to the suburbs of Hell. Pierre has an obp of .269 which gives hope to every overweight, balding, middle-aged, slow-pitch softball utility infielder of being in The Bigs by Spring of '07. Because really, I believe there's a .269 obp in all of us. You can do it. I can do it. Beong-Sun the Korean Grocer can do it. Poor Juan Pierre, they should start counting his stolen bases as hits. And his walks as hits. And his groundouts as hits. Here comes a batting title!