Ryan Theriot: Know Your Scrappy Middle Infield

Jeff Gordon's latest article is about focus, and how last year the Cardinals didn't have it. I'm willing to support that premise, aesthetically, at least; they just didn't always (or even often) look like a team bound for great things. I'm less willing to buy the idea that the Cardinals just upgraded their focus by acquiring Ryan Theriot, a "gritty La Russa-type player in the David Eckstein mold."

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