Prior Signs Deal with Rangers

congrats to mark, i truly hope the best for him and that he can make some kind of a comeback.

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Ha!

They better have plenty of towels…..

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 3, 2010 8:22 PM CDT reply actions

X Cub factor?

Rich Harden
Andres Blanco

and counting

Chronologically inept since 2060
"I could be writing this crap!" -- Crow T. Robot
Me: Q: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Wrigster A: Theriot

by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 3, 2010 8:29 PM CDT reply actions

does maddux count as half?

by jesus christos on Sep 3, 2010 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Sorry but related to Ex Cub does no count

"Lou Piniella's been a great manager for a long time and I stand by him completely"
Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 4, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Josh Hamilton = X-Cub..!

sorry

by FloridaCubsFan on Sep 4, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions

doesnt count

he didnt wear a Cubs jersey at any level, hell he didnt make it thru the draft as a Cub

Chronologically inept since 2060
"I could be writing this crap!" -- Crow T. Robot
Me: Q: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Wrigster A: Theriot

by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 4, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Good for him

If he can make it back, that’ll pretty much be the ultimate comeback story.

Viva la Cubs Révolution!!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 4, 2010 7:31 AM CDT reply actions

A pitcher who had a career like Prior's...

… was Curt Simmons, who was a fireballing lefthander for the Phillies in the early 50’s. In 1952 at age 23, he had a year not too far off what Prior did in 2003.

He hurt his arm and slogged through a few bad seasons and then missed most of two years (1959, 1960) trying to come back.

In his early 30’s he had three very good years for the Cardinals, winning 15 games in 1963 and 18 in 1964. He was a big part of the reason the Cardinals won the pennant in 1964.

Prior has missed a lot more time than Simmons did. If he can come back even as a relief pitcher, that’s a heck of a story.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2010 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions

do it

as a reliever mark. thats your best shot.

by NOMAR on Sep 4, 2010 10:09 AM CDT reply actions

…. if his Dad is finally out of the picture or at least has quit interfering with his son’s development and career. Because you can lay most of Prior’s problems right at his doorstep. If his Dad is still screwing with him, then Prior won’t make it. Period.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Sep 4, 2010 11:35 AM CDT reply actions

Good for him!

I hope you make it, Mark. I’ll always have a soft spot after 2003, and it’d be nice to see him make a successful comeback, even as a relief pitcher.

by ZachenFoot on Sep 4, 2010 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

I seem to remember

Al’s “before” and “after” pictures taken of The Employee at Fitch Park. One set was taken in his “glory” days and then, much later on the comeback trail.

His thighs were noticeably smaller in the second set of pictures. How could that…be?

I’ll let others fill in the blanks on my supposition, or perhaps we should ask Roger Clemens how he would describe the 2 sets of pictures.

Al, you should post those pictures again.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 4, 2010 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

OK...

… here are the photos. This one was taken on April 2, 2006:

This one was taken on March 16, 2007:

Neither photo was from “glory days”. Both were after the injuries. I make no judgments here, simply provide the photos. Draw your own conclusions.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2010 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

2 Very Different pictures and 2 very different profiles

I’m sorry but there is no conclusion that can be made by these two pictures. And can we stop with the towel jokes? It’s a little stale.

by troutfishin on Sep 4, 2010 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

I was asked to repost the photos, so I did.

Agreed on the towel jokes.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2010 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, snap! ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 4, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Better watch your butt in the locker room. :)

Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10

by Sandberg's evil twin on Sep 5, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I see no difference.... seriously.

And these pictures aren’t very similar from the viewpoints they were taken.

IMO, if somebody wants to bring back up the Mark Prior PED theory, these sure as hell aren’t pictures where you can argue it.

"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry

by EJThunder on Sep 5, 2010 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

i dont know about that

here is a perfect quote on his calves

Prior’s teammates at USC nicknamed him Calfzilla because of the fact that he had massive cartoonish calves. Now all of the sudden, they’re gone. Now before you say “Come on…his calves get a bit smaller and you accuse him of steroid use?” you have to keep in mind that his calves were bigger than most apartments in my neighborhood. And now, they’re nothing.

it would not surprise me at all, but either way I truly dont care. Cheating goes back to day one of baseball, and the greatest cheated, so why worry about a broken down flash in the pan pitcher

Chronologically inept since 2060
"I could be writing this crap!" -- Crow T. Robot
Me: Q: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Wrigster A: Theriot

by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

this is an interesting read about it

DH Steroid Witchhunt: Mark Prior

Chronologically inept since 2060
"I could be writing this crap!" -- Crow T. Robot
Me: Q: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Wrigster A: Theriot

by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions