Theriot's random power development

[MWV]

And now, for no reason whatsoever...

 

...the observation that Theriot's numbers thus far are eerily similar to perennial Cubs' quarry Brian Roberts:

 

G PA AB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+

 

34 128 .297 .372 .484 .857 115 R. Theriot

 

35 142 .296 .369 .472 .841 116 B. Roberts

 

What is perhaps most bizarre is the fact that Riot's SB% is 77.5% (7 SBs) while Roberts' is 62.5% (5 SBs).

[Bote McBoteface]

Does Enn Tea = Rick Telander of the Sun Times?

 

Not sure if this is a joke or whatever, but no.

[Outshined_One]

http://deadspin.com/5256577/rick-telander-defends-ryan-theriot-against-rick-telanders-steroid-accusations-all-hell-breaks-loose

 

Here, courtesy of Rick Telander and his colleagues in the Chicago sports media, is a nice little primer on how to whip up a good old-fashioned hysteria out of nothing whatsoever.

 

Follow the bouncing ball: In his column today, Rick Telander defends wee Chicago Cub Ryan Theriot against totally nonexistent suspicions of 'roiding, just so he can mewl inanely about a culture ("this is what baseball has wrought") in which even wee Ryan Theriot is a suspect, even though wee Ryan Theriot wasn't a suspect until Rick Telander said he was. And then the bloodhounds in the Chicago sporting press have to go and ask Theriot about being a suspect, which he wasn't until Rick Telander said he was. And then Theriot has to deny everything and pronounce himself "disappointed" with the column, which of course just makes him look all the more suspicious, something he wasn't until Rick Telander said he was.

 

This is what happens when you have a bad writer who needs to meet a deadline.