Like I said, we have been down this road before. Like I also said, you stat guys will throw a bunch of stats at it saying how horrible he is. a player doesn't always need eye popping stats to make a difference. Sometimes I think you and some others fail to understand that. You said it yourself, one tool guy and thats speed. Well thats one thing that the Sox had 0 of until he got there. Its not always about the SB% either. You put the thought of the SB in the pitchers mind, and he could hurry his pitches causing walks or serving up meat balls right down the plate. You can't put a stat on that. He was their spark plug, he did the things he needed to do to help the team win. He did have MVP votes in 05 and went to the ASG. He might not be the best player ever, but the guy didn't suck in 03 and didn't suck in 05. DM pawned him off to the Sox but the Sox ended up winning the WS. So Id bet that their GM would do the trade all over again. The had sluggers, they didn't need another one in lee, they needed speed, and thats what they got. not saying podsednik was the only reason, or even the main reason the won the world series but he wasn't riding the bench during the run either.