Nice StlPD article on Riot and Font

[snoodmonger]

http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/sports-bird-land/2007/07/the-cubs-bayou-boys/

[YearofDaCubs]

Pretty cool article. Thanks for posting.

[OleMissCub]

I remember going through the scoresheets during Fontenot’s junior year in high school to make sure I had counted it right: He did not strikeout once that season, while hitting 10 home runs.

I remember sharing a breakfast with Theriot in Omaha, Neb., as he told about the sharp, stabbing sensation he would get in his back when he jumped because of a birth defect in on his spine connected to his pelvis.

 

Very interesting.

 

Theriot broke up a no-hitter being pitched at Omaha by some Southern Cal pitcher by the name of Mark Prior.

 

That's awesome!

[Abe Frohman]

Aaron Hill eventually took Theriot's place at SS at LSU. Also on that 2000 LSU team were Pittsburgh's Shane Youman, Toronto's Trey Hodges, and Colorado's Brad Hawpe.

 

That was a pretty good team.

[seanimal]

At least a puff piece on the Ot's is better than a 'cubs will never win a world series ever' piece.