2009 Recap: Andres Blanco

Well, here's the story on Andres Blanco, and it has to include Ryan Theriot, our regular shortstop. Now, many of us are pretty much fed up with The Riot out at SS.  We figure that he'd be a better second baseman, or maybe a better Oakland A or Minnesota Twin, because he seemed to let a lot of base hits get past him, and he seems to be the resident Bunny Foo-Foo on the basepaths, now that Ronny Cedeno is gone. On the other hand, the same lot of us were lamenting the poor condition of the 2009 Cubs offense, because if there was any production at all from any of the outfield spots or catcher, then we could afford to play Andres Blanco at shortstop.  Blanco can't hit much, we all know.  (In fact, he produced more in 2009 than any of us figured.  Which ain't saying much.)  But he seemed to make amazing plays out there, and the announcers on the teevee and radio RAVED about Blanco's glove, how it would save us bushels of runs over the long h...