The Theriot Files

It was mentioned the other day that I should add another installment to the wildly popular and succesful The Theriot Files. I do as I'm told and The Greatest American Hero was mentioned as possible theme music. Turns out, as I thought, I had already used that one. That's OK. We can use it again. Click the play button to listen to today's theme music. Over at Wrigleyville23, a proud CBCG member if there ever was one, WV has been tracking a new statistic this season. It's sure to become popular. I have no doubt about that. The TOOTBLAN measures something very unique. The TOOTBLAN (Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop) was invented here at Wrigleyville23 on May 7, 2008, as a key factor in the groundbreaking statistic RTAOBP (the Ryan Theriot Adjusted On-Base Percentage). As a reminder, RTAOBP is determined thusly: RTAOBP = (Hits+Walks+HBP-CS-TOOTBLAN)/Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SF) The TOOTBLAN has been embraced in some corners of the Interweb - and is rightfully expanding beyond Theriot's RTAOBP. Poor baserunning is often met with cries of TOOTBLAN! And that makes us feel warm inside. WV, along with some help, tracked this year's TOOTBLANs and it turns out he has a whopping 18 of them. The TOOTBLAN-O-Meter, created by WV, himself…