Usually it's OK to keep and wear the jersey of a player who has been traded away from your franchise. Kerry Wood's jersey is still en vogue. Greg Maddux will never die. Every once in a while, however, a player burns the bridge and then it's time to burn their jersey. For example, Johnny Damon signing with the rival Yankees, or Gary Sheffield baselessly calling the
Yankees organization racist, or Jose Guillen/Milton Bradley being themselves.
Ryan Theriot officially falls into the latter category.
In speaking with radio station KFNS, Theriot says that he is "finally on the right side of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry." Furthermore, Theriot proclaims that he "always wanted to be a part of [the Cardinals' tradition]."
I'm just going to say what all Cubs fans are thinking right now. Ryan Theriot is a little piece of shit. He's David Eckstein wanna be. His scrappy ass barely gets on base and has about as much power as Juan Pierre. His best days are behind him. 2008 (wRC+ of 101) was the only season as a starting player that Theriot even posted a wRC+ of even 90 (or higher).
Congratulations, Cardinals. You replaced one sub-mediocre middle infielder (Brendan Ryan) with another, slightly less sub-mediocre player. Enjoying paying $3+ million for nothing in return.
Showing posts with label Ryan Theriot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ryan Theriot. Show all posts
The Riot’s Car
When I was waiting to see Ryan Theriot last Saturday he drove by the store looking for parking. He was driving a BMW 750 series which was very nice. While leaving the store I saw his car on the street and decided to take some pictures of it for our viewers of Game of Inches. His license plates were from Louisiana so he obviously has it registered there and drives it up to Chicago during the season.
The front of the car:
Here are the side views:
The decked out tires:
The Inside of the car:
He left his money visible for everyone to see. Not the smartest thing.
Not the neatest person.
The front of the car:
Here are the side views:
The decked out tires:
The Inside of the car:
He left his money visible for everyone to see. Not the smartest thing.
Not the neatest person.
My experience meeting Ryan Theriot
As everyone should know last Saturday I met Chicago Cub Ryan Theriot. Thanks to “David "MVP" Eckstein David” for posting the picture promptly that night! I was in the city, loop to be more specific with my family celebrating my brother’s birthday. We were walking around the city and passed this sports store. They said that Ryan Theriot would be there shortly signing autographs so we went in. Ryan Theriot came a little late at 4:28pm (supposed to be there at 4:00pm) because of the Cubs game that day. The Cubs game on Saturday which “The 'Bright' One” and “David "MVP" Eckstein David” were at started disappointing, but then the Cubs rallied back to score 5 runs and tie it up. Then is had a sour ending when Cubs closer Carlos Marmol gave up runs in the 9th and the Cubs bat went silent in the bottom of the ninth and lost. I was surprised how the line to see Ryan Theriot was pretty short. I was number 15 in line with my family and I would guess there weren’t more than 25 people in line in all when I left from seeing Theriot.
I was very excited to see Ryan Theriot and came up with a few things for small talk when I was in line waiting. They were:
•Tough lost today after that comeback
•What stat do you try to incorporate most into your game? Ex. Average, Stolen bases, runs scored.
•How do you like playing under Lou?
•Do you like playing shortstop or would prefer second base?
When it was my turn to see Theriot I said my first line of “Tough lost today after that comeback” and got a mumbled response from him that sounded like “yeah” but could barley understand. I was so taken back by his response and how unfriendly he was I was caught off guard and didn’t ask any of my questions! As you can see from the picture that “David "MVP" Eckstein David” posted on my behalf that night he didn’t seem to excited to be there and didn’t even smile for the picture. I have heard stories about Theriot being a great guy, but I was disappointed in my experience. Especially, because he was doing something for the fans and presumably getting paid, you think he would have been more fan friendly.
I was very excited to see Ryan Theriot and came up with a few things for small talk when I was in line waiting. They were:
•Tough lost today after that comeback
•What stat do you try to incorporate most into your game? Ex. Average, Stolen bases, runs scored.
•How do you like playing under Lou?
•Do you like playing shortstop or would prefer second base?
When it was my turn to see Theriot I said my first line of “Tough lost today after that comeback” and got a mumbled response from him that sounded like “yeah” but could barley understand. I was so taken back by his response and how unfriendly he was I was caught off guard and didn’t ask any of my questions! As you can see from the picture that “David "MVP" Eckstein David” posted on my behalf that night he didn’t seem to excited to be there and didn’t even smile for the picture. I have heard stories about Theriot being a great guy, but I was disappointed in my experience. Especially, because he was doing something for the fans and presumably getting paid, you think he would have been more fan friendly.
Cubsfan4ever picks up some celeb slack
"Celeb watch" -- Cubsfan4ever w/ Ryan Theriot. You know what this means -- SexyRexy's gotta pick it up or he's off the blog!
