because for no real reason, lou pinch ran theriot for murton, leaving ronny as the only rh off the bench. the cubs' bench has too many guys who serve the same purpose -- cedeno and theriot, ward and floyd. for no real reason? theriot stole second. he served his purpose, even though he screwed up and made a dumb out. you gotta be kidding me. you're honestly telling me he "served his purpose" after he made a horrible baserunning mistake? man, are eyre and howry overpaid/overrated. his purpose was to steal second. you can't anticipate that he's going to make a mistake that little leaguers dont even make. i would've rather had murton in there, but they brought theriot in to steal, so yes, he served his purpose. they brought him in because he's supposed to be a better baserunner than the guy he's replacing. obviously, that wasn't the case.