Hey wow, did you hear? Mark Prior is hurt again! And people are paying college athletes money! When will the madness stop? For realz, though, Padres fans -- or anyone who still had some semblance of dwindling hope in Prior -- should know the pitcher's rehabilitation is not featuring metaphors for explosion. Encouraging!San Diego Padres right-hander Mark Prior has had a setback in his rehabilitation, ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports. In his last rehab outing, he threw 10 or 15 pitches and had a feeling "like a firecracker going off in the back of his shoulder." Prior, who has a career record of 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA, is seeking a second opinion from noted surgeon Dr. James Andrews.So let's see: The word setback? Check. Something visually metaphorical about one of Prior's body parts exploding? Check. "Seeking a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews." Check.
It's official: Mark Prior will never play baseball again.
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5-16-2008 @ 8:00AM
claytor said...
yo E, i hate to be an oddball here, what with all the Dusty Baker blame gaming going on and all, but..
Perhaps its conceivable that maybe Prior is doing this to himself? Long innings never killed a guy outright before, just 15 years ago we had guys logging 300 innings, not 200, and 10 before that Ryan, among others, was pitching 400 a year.
This guy had odd mechanics, and that certainly played a hand in this, the fact that he had so many different pitches inst exactly as awesome as it sounds, a lot of times these guys alter their delivery, or angle weird, and that stress has to be murder on an arm. Perhaps hes just one of the Fydrich types, you know, like a one or two year wunderkind, but they were never destined for a full ride?
Just sayin', man. Just sayin'..
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