Interesting article on Ryan Theriot

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But he feels the same way about his life in Louisiana.

"I'm prepared to stay here for sure," he said. "I'm just being honest. To be a father and a husband is really the ultimate job for me. That's just the way I feel. That's just the way I am."

Theriot acknowledged how odd it seems for a player to be ready to walk away at his age with several teams calling him about reserve jobs in the majors.

"I could definitely see how somebody could look at that and say, 'Wait a minute. Are you serious?' " he said. "That's just where I'm at. My kids are 7, 6 and 4. If I wait until I'm 37 and they're 5 years older than that, then I start to look at, what am I going to miss? What was I not there for?"

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