ESPNChicago's top ten Cubs of the decade.

ESPN Chicago made their list of top Cub players this decade. How they ranked Ryan Dempster over Sammy Sosa is a mystery to me, but nevertheless, check it out and debate.

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Equally egregious was the lack of Ted Lilly

by Poloplaya14 on Dec 21, 2009 4:38 PM CST reply actions

Here's the list for reference

1. Aramis Ramirez
2. Carlos Zambrano
3. Derrek Lee
4. Kerry Wood
5. Ryan Dempster
6. Sammy Sosa
7. Moises Alou
8. Ryan Theriot
9. Mark Prior
10. Mark DeRosa

Dare I give the Cubs my heart again?

by digitalbenjamin on Dec 21, 2009 4:47 PM CST reply actions

Shockingly enough

I completely agree with #1.

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Dec 21, 2009 5:53 PM CST up reply actions

I agree-how is Dempster ahead of Sosa?

1-4, I agree with.

I also say Lilly over Prior.

No list would be complete without Neifi though…..

by TJ11 on Dec 21, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions

Dempster, Barrett

both over Prior IMHO

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Dec 21, 2009 8:21 PM CST up reply actions

Barrett?

I may watch baseball for 50 more years, but I doubt I’ll ever see a catcher with a glove that bad hold onto a job for three seasons.

And they do have Dempster over Prior. He’s at #5.

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by D98 on Dec 22, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

Ryan Theriot? Really?

For cryin’ out loud, Alex Gonzalez was more of a shortstop than Theriot will ever dream of being. Unfathomable.

"I have the time and hatred but not the knowledge." ~Madison Cub Fan (Aug. 25, 2009)

by Goodie1969 on Dec 21, 2009 8:35 PM CST up reply actions

but theriot is scrappy!

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by jesus christos on Dec 21, 2009 8:49 PM CST up reply actions

If Theriot was playing SS in 2003

We’d probably be talking about the World Series between Yankees and Cubs.

by ak123 on Dec 21, 2009 9:02 PM CST up reply actions

depends

would theriot double clutch the grounder?

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by jesus christos on Dec 21, 2009 9:08 PM CST up reply actions

Probably wouldn't need to for the flip to 2b for the DP.

by TJ11 on Dec 21, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions

But you never know....

by TJ11 on Dec 21, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions

22 year old theriot

has a paper towel arm

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by jesus christos on Dec 21, 2009 9:24 PM CST up reply actions

Yea but you got my point

by ak123 on Dec 21, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions

yeah

damn you alex gonzalez

damn you to hell

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by jesus christos on Dec 21, 2009 9:53 PM CST up reply actions

If Theriot was shortstop in 2003

they might have missed the playoffs altogether. Gonzalez had several last AB game-winning hits that year. In two years with the Cubs, he had nine last-AB game-winners, including 5 home runs.

A USA Today piece even called him “a force to be reckoned with” in the NLCS after he slugged two homers in Game 2. That doesn’t sound like Theriot, particularly the NLCS bit.

"I have the time and hatred but not the knowledge." ~Madison Cub Fan (Aug. 25, 2009)

by Goodie1969 on Dec 21, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions