Ryan Theriot Non-Tendered
I guess he was only on the "right" side of the rivalry for a brief time but he will have a WS ring.
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Only his parents would purchase that...
and only out of obligation.
So i you can give you can take it.
Who the hell
would purchase that even at the discounted price. That’s laughable tho I’m sure he has a fan or 2 around somewhere……..LOL
Is this for charity?
What a joke. I wouldn’t pay that much for Hawk’s signed jersey.
That seller is delusional
If jerseys were priced proportionately according to a player’s major league ability, at that rate an autographed Albert Pujols jersey would go for about $8 million bucks.
Yeah, I know there should be an apostrophe in "Vails," but punctuation wasn't an option when I signed up.
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on Dec 13, 2011 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
Well, Theriot is the only player from which you can buy a child-sized game-used jersey.
He has a market niche.
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Fonty and Aaron Miles object to that view.
The bottom is loaded with nice people, Albert. Only cream and bastards rise
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2011 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
Really? you think he could be done?
you dont think someone would pick him up?
So i you can give you can take it.
i dont know any team that would "want" him...
or be excited to have him, but he’ll surely land somewhere else as a bench or fill in middle infielder, right?
So i you can give you can take it.
The Buchbinder Legionäre might...
They won the German championships in 2011, so he should feel right at home.
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Someone will take him.
Probably not as a starter, but I’ll bet you a Big Gulp he’s on an MLB roster on Opening Day, unless he’s on the DL or a rehab assignment.
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 9:03 AM CST up reply actions
He made $3.3m in 2011.
Unless he’s willing to take a pretty big pay cut, I’d say no.
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So would you like to bet?
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 9:18 AM CST up reply actions
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
This means you will actually have to show up in the bleachers this year.
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Hey, I did in 2011
We just kept betting until we were even.
Besides, you have access to the grandstands.
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
True.
Would love to have you sit with us in 2012.
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I wish you 1%-types would keep your high-falutin betting to yourselves.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say, "Wait, what the hell are you talking about?"
I have to get my Big Gulps back after losing all those bets to Jessica last year.
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Speaking of which, the NFL playoffs are coming
Have the two of you placed a wager on that?
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
No.
We decided not to do it this year. Even I, a Bears fan, admit there’s likely no way the Packers don’t win the Super Bowl this year.
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Tom Brady would like a word with you...
it’ll likely be a 55 -52 game, but, never underestimate the greatness of Tom Brady.
"Keep looking into the past and you'll keep repeating the past" - Some Smart Guy
Urlacher had the quote of the year...
“He’s a pretty good running back”.
"Keep looking into the past and you'll keep repeating the past" - Some Smart Guy
Well,,,that's if Pats get there...
Pack have a pretty easy trip there, since the NFC is weak. Pats are the only team that can match Packers point for point. Not Ravens…Not Big Ben…and certainly not St. Tebow.
"Keep looking into the past and you'll keep repeating the past" - Some Smart Guy
Pats are good.
Unfortunately, I don’t see anyone beating the Packers.
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I'd love to join you
And now that there’s actually, like, a plan, I’ve got more enthusiasm for going.
Reminds me, I need to change my signature line.
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
what's step 3?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Dec 13, 2011 12:24 PM CST up reply actions
Execute the plan or something along those lines
But I don’t want to make it sound like I expect a championship immediately.
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
Step Three:
Trade Starlin Castro for prospects, re-sign Ryan Theriot to three-year deal.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
Aaaarrrrrgh!
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2011 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
"There's no gambling on baseball allowed" - Pete Rose
For shame, Al…you are associated with the Chicago Cubs organization which could be seen as you being somewhat employed by said organization. There goes your Hall of Fame Award (not sure what it’s called for writers). Now you know how Charlie Hustle feels. Next thing we’ll find out is that your Big Gulps are juiced.
"Keep looking into the past and you'll keep repeating the past" - Some Smart Guy
Wait
… I am “somewhat employed” by the Cubs?
Do tell.
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Well, you write about them...
…that’s close enough. And you got that 6 figure salary and use of team jet and limo service and everything…or don’t ya?
"Keep looking into the past and you'll keep repeating the past" - Some Smart Guy
Yes, he's going to have to take a paycut
that doesn’t mean he is going to be out of baseball. Mediocre players who realize that their value is down (to the point that they get non-tendered) realize that they’ll have to take a paycut.
Theriot is a thoroughly mediocre player. But he still plays a middle infield position. Someone will have him on their roster (at a price likely well below $3 million, of course).
by SouthernCub on Dec 13, 2011 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
If it were you
and your options were “substantial pay cut from $3.3m down to, say, $1 million to play baseball” versus “stay at home, make nothing and don’t play baseball”, what would you do?
This isn’t a guy who’s banked tons and tons of cash over the years. Im sure he’s willing to take whatever the going rate is for his services, even if that’s the MLB veterans’ minimum.
by Orval Overall on Dec 13, 2011 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
He'll play until someone doesn't want him.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. --Vince Lombardi
by KS_Cub4Life on Dec 13, 2011 11:10 PM CST up reply actions
Man, look at some of the garbage we've picked up
and that’s not even close to some of the mindboggling signings you see by other clubs. I’m sure Theriot will be playing at the major league level again.
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by Craig in South Bend on Dec 13, 2011 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
I really hope that you're being sarcastic...
In all likelihood, you’ll be hearing the name Theriot for years to come. Corey Patterson is still in baseball. Rich Hill is still in baseball. Ramon Ortiz is still in baseball. Hell, JEROME WILLIAMS is still in baseball. How in the hell is someone not going to call Ryan Theriot about a job, especially with his game being so full of “intangibles”? He’ll be playing (and stinking) into his 40’s, all the while thanking his hero David Epstein for creating the illusion of the value of a “scrappy player”.
by Damen Jackson on Dec 13, 2011 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
LOL, Jerome Williams did return.
I agree I fully expect that Ryan Theriot will appear in future MLB Games.
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I don't know about playing into his 40s...
…but I wouldn’t bet against him playing in 2012. (Sorry, Al.) I’m not really sure where he’d fit at this point. Maybe the Astros?
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
The Astros wouldn't pay as much as Theriot would want for essentially a backup.
Baltimore. Maybe.
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Yeah, Baltimore would make sense.
But I don’t know how demanding Theriot would be salary-wise if he wants to stay in baseball. His overall value has been really low the last couple of years. And, interestingly enough, per Baseball-Reference’s WAR, he’s never been a particularly valuable player. Even in his “prime” with the Cubs, he never got his WAR over 2. Fangraphs valued him a little higher back then.
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I don’t know how demanding Theriot would be salary-wise if he wants to stay in baseball.
I do. Remember, this is the only player ever to take the Cubs to an arbitration hearing while Jim Hendry was GM. Has an extremely overinflated sense of his own value.
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Ha, that's true.
Maybe you’ll win that bet after all!
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
Nah, he'll play.
He may not be great, but any true baseball player is going to want to play.
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by KS_Cub4Life on Dec 13, 2011 11:13 PM CST up reply actions
I agree for the most part...
…though if there’s one player in baseball who can talk himself out of a job, it’s Ryan Theriot.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
** wild giggles **
Even if it is unfair, I can’t help myself…
If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid. I'm a Sheeple and proud of it!
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Rich Hill non-tendered also.
Not a good day for ex-Cubs.
Someone will pick up Theriot. Utility infield and get get on base with his bat (only his bat) occassionally.
We'll miss you Big Boy. #10 is going into the Hall of Fame!!
Theriot is not a bad player
Not a good one either, certainly not an everyday shortstop. I recall Lou even played him a bit in the outfield in 07 while izturis was still on the team.
He’ll and somewhere. Perhaps Baltimore, as ex-Cubs seem to end up there …
"We gotta circle the bandwagons." - Devin Hester
well I kind of hope he's picked up by a NL Central team
so we can continue to hit balls past him, and throw him out on the base paths.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
I'm sure he'll be a backup somewhere
I think his biggest problem was his massive ego.
That being said, I would not be surprised if he returned to the Cubs in the next few years.
Wh...why?
Surely, Theo & Jed can see right through a player like Theriot.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
*Oops...meant to be reply to ak123.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
I just
threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Dec 13, 2011 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
i'm sure theo can develop a player who can backup SS competently
THEOOOOOOOOO (and Hoyer)
by jesus christos on Dec 13, 2011 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
Just a weird coincidence
I have a baseball game for my phone, and it’s impossible to throw a runner out who’s stealing. I’m maybe 4 for 100. All four throw outs Ryan Theriot!!!!
Marilyn Monroe "yogi your a pretty cool guy"
Berra " Marilyn you ain't so hot yourself"!
by Notsnud on Dec 13, 2011 11:04 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Just out of curiousity, which game is it?
I tried a baseball game for my iPhone and got so frustrated that I deleted it.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
9 innings
Marilyn Monroe "yogi your a pretty cool guy"
Berra " Marilyn you ain't so hot yourself"!
Great game.
You are right though – very hard to throw out runners.
Yep, that's the one I had.
It was fun and drew me in for a while, but I got so pissed off trying to beat the computer’s teams and failing that I had to delete it to keep myself from throwing my phone into the nearest wall. I guess I could re-install and give it another try.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
This guy was born with a lucky horseshoe up his backside.
I’ll bet he ends up on another winning team, somehow. Raking in more money, continuing to suck and going home to his beautiful wife every night.
I hate to say it, but I’d trade places with Ryan Theriot.
"The cheaper the hood, the gaudier the talk" - Philip Marlowe
by ForTheLoveOfBiitner on Dec 13, 2011 11:20 AM CST reply actions
And in a related story...
…Mike Fontenot was tendered a contract by the Giants — over Jeff Keppinger. Why?
The nod went to Fontenot because of how well he played short.
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Facepalm.
The Cubs should sign Keppinger, if only to stop him hitting AGAINST the Cubs.
Look at his lifetime numbers against the Cubs — by far his best against any team.
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That is amazing.
And he’s had the most career PAs against the Cubs, too. But I still see Kep as an older version of Darwin Barney.
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Poor Theriot
Loses his arb hearing because he wasn’t as good as he thought he was, and now he’s non-tendered. We’ll see him again, I’m sure, but he strikes me as a guy whose career could have gone in a completely different direction. Too bad ego probably got the best of him.
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by Craig in South Bend on Dec 13, 2011 11:59 AM CST reply actions
I don't think
the word “Poor” really applies.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Dec 13, 2011 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Correction
“Poor”
There, that’s better.
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by Craig in South Bend on Dec 13, 2011 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
Disagree.
His career wasn’t derailed by his ego. He is a very limited player.
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Oh no he had an ego
Like the kid who all of the sudden became the most popular kid in school and loved to brag about it. Just listen to any old interview at a Cubs convention or on WGN radio.
I didn't say that.
I don’t think his ego impacted his career as Craig seems to be implying.
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You couldn't tell that when he came up, though.
He came up very fast, developed a following, developed the ego, and then stopped developing. At that point, his baserunning got worse, but his aggression made Lou fall in love with him. Same goes for those few dingers he hit in 2008 I believe, which seem to have made Lou think he was a great hitter. And then there were the few plays he made in the infield that caused Lou to look past the issue that his range wasn’t good.
You had Lou, the media, and the women all thinking he was the best thing ever and so he seemingly settled into continuing to do whatever it was that he did.
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by Craig in South Bend on Dec 13, 2011 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
I do not understand all the hate because of his comments....
He WAS on the right side of the rivalry last year….
When the Cubs win something, the Cub fans can say something to him.
Until then, Cub fans just sound stupid for crying about him saying the obvious.
And of course he is going to get picked up by someone.
agree 2
The whining over his comments are silly. As I’ve said before some fans look for ways to be offended.
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its not looking for something to get offended about...
its just that he was an incredibly mediocre player, making stupid comments. when Mark Grace said he couldnt play for the Chicago Cubs but he could play for the World Championship Diamondbacks, okay, fair statement, that guy gave 14 years to the Cubs and they let him go and he was a factor in that world series. Theriot, was and is a smarmy little turd with bad facial hair. and i know he was just trying to immediately get the STL fans on his side, but what he said was a little douchey.
So i you can give you can take it.
So was he wrong?
He got a ring. He was on the right side last season.
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how many rings had he won with the Cardinals when he made the statement?
if he made the statement after they won the world series, sure, let him feel like he did something to contribute to that ring, what was it four at bats?
So i you can give you can take it.
theriot will tell his grandkids of his key RBI weak groundout to SS in game 6
THEOOOOOOOOO (and Hoyer)
by jesus christos on Dec 13, 2011 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
It's not hate,
at least for me. I just don’t think that Theriot is an especially good baseball player.
by Damen Jackson on Dec 13, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
Um he was on the right side of the rivalry with the Dodgers?
Because that is where he played last year. Let’s just say I was not a fan but I was happy to see Fonty get HIS ring last year.
The bottom is loaded with nice people, Albert. Only cream and bastards rise
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2011 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Well, the 'Stros are looking for a SS, aren't they?
That’s the closest thing he has to a “hometown team”.
I wonder if any winning teams are going to take a flyer on him. He popped off about playing 2B for the Dodgers, and he popped off about moving to 2B when the Cards got Furcal. Most teams don’t like that attitude, especially if he is to be a bench player.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Perhaps
he should’ve worried about bettering himself as ball player instead of taking jabs at his former team. I wouldn’t be disappointed if he never suited up again.
If it was easy it wouldn't be the Cubs.
by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Dec 13, 2011 10:40 PM CST reply actions
As TJ said earlier, the Cardinals won, so essentially, he was right.
I don’t advocate it, but he really didn’t say anything that bad.
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by Shanghai Badger on Dec 14, 2011 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
They got lucky
Everything had to fall into place. If Atlanta hangs on to their wild card spot we’re not talking about them winning another title. Texas should’ve shut the door in game six. Too many things went wrong and they won. Damn, I hate STL.
If it was easy it wouldn't be the Cubs.
by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Dec 22, 2011 7:57 AM CST up reply actions
Why not? He's certainly not the biggest jerk to be on a winning team
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by Shanghai Badger on Dec 14, 2011 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
No, but he's pretty high on the list
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