In honor of Ryan Theriot’s 20th TOOTBLAN, we thought we would bring you a special edition of The Theriot Files.  Rather than the typical television theme music, pmayo suggested we use Blue Swede’s Hooked on a Feeling.  Good times.  MP3 player inside.  MORE>>

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70°, 30% chance of rain, wind blowing straight in at 9 mph.  Too many Cubs have hit Duke well to list here.  Should be a good day for the offense.  This will be Marquis’ 5th start against the Bucs this season.  So far he’s 2-1 in 23.1 innings and has allowed 25 hits and 9 earned runs (3.47 ERA) while walking 6 and striking out 14.  Not many Pirates have hit Marquis well at all.  MORE>>

I think I may have done this at some point last season and it’s mostly just for fun, but it is informative as well.  You can take a look at the Cubs page on Hit Tracker here.  Hit Tracker gives you the leaders in home runs in several different categories at the moment.  I’m going to list the leaders for the Cubs and MLB in True Distance, Standard Distance, Speed off Bat, Golden Sledgehammers and Lucky Home Runs.  MORE >>

Chuck vs. Hammer and Frustrated Fan vs. 15-seed Dr. Crawdad. Go on over and vote.