Prior at the game last night?

[David]

...I was sort of drunk last night... Was Prior at the game with the team or did I dream that?

[minnesotacubsfan]

...I was sort of drunk last night... Was Prior at the game with the team or did I dream that?

 

someone yelled that in the game thread

 

 

"prior sighting"

 

but i didnt see him

[dougdescenzo]

He was there in the dugout.

[minnesotacubsfan]

He was there in the dugout.

 

I wonder what that experience was like for him after 2003

 

KW too...

[Twiggy]

Yeah he was definately in the dugout.

[JonnyRed]

I was just talking about this a few days ago....why hasn't Prior been more active and visable with the team this year? is there a policy that players can't be in the dugout when they're on the DL? I can recall only seeing Prior at a game once this whole season.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I was just talking about this a few days ago....why hasn't Prior been more active and visable with the team this year? is there a policy that players can't be in the dugout when they're on the DL? I can recall only seeing Prior at a game once this whole season.

 

rehab

[David]

I was just talking about this a few days ago....why hasn't Prior been more active and visable with the team this year? is there a policy that players can't be in the dugout when they're on the DL? I can recall only seeing Prior at a game once this whole season.

 

I think he's been in AZ this whole time, which is why we've seen him when the Cubs have been over there.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I was just talking about this a few days ago....why hasn't Prior been more active and visable with the team this year? is there a policy that players can't be in the dugout when they're on the DL? I can recall only seeing Prior at a game once this whole season.

 

he prolly had his own thing with rehap going-thus no time to be there

[jersey cubs fan]

The camera probably focused on him for a good 3-4 seconds, but I'm pretty sure Dick Stockton had no idea who it was, as he never mentioned him. He did mention earlier things like, "That's Soto on the right." when they showed Murton and Soto in the dugout. But he was just silent this time.

[chuckywang]

What are the chances he'll be back with the team next year?

[rawaction]

What are the chances he'll be back with the team next year?

 

better be 100%. But I'd say they are pretty good, at least.

[SouthSideRyan]

The camera probably focused on him for a good 3-4 seconds, but I'm pretty sure Dick Stockton had no idea who it was, as he never mentioned him. He did mention earlier things like, "That's Soto on the right." when they showed Murton and Soto in the dugout. But he was just silent this time.

 

Dick Stockton is still trying to figure out who that guy is standing next to him providing color during the games. "He doesn't look like Bob Brenly, they told me it would be Bob Brenly!"

[jersey cubs fan]

What are the chances he'll be back with the team next year?

 

better be 100%. But I'd say they are pretty good, at least.

 

Yeah, I really have no idea.

 

I could see somebody with authority thinking, "The key to the success of 2007 was forgetting about Prior and Wood, so let's just be done with it and let him go." I could see somebody say, "I'm not going to be suckered into losing money on a guy like that and I don't care if he does well elsewhere." I could also see them being 100% committed to trying to get the most out of him. It's like most things involving the offseason, depends on the sale. I'm hoping for 75%, but I'm worried it's no better than 50/50.

[David]

What are the chances he'll be back with the team next year?

 

better be 100%. But I'd say they are pretty good, at least.

 

Yeah, I really have no idea.

 

I could see somebody with authority thinking, "The key to the success of 2007 was forgetting about Prior and Wood, so let's just be done with it and let him go." I could see somebody say, "I'm not going to be suckered into losing money on a guy like that and I don't care if he does well elsewhere." I could also see them being 100% committed to trying to get the most out of him. It's like most things involving the offseason, depends on the sale. I'm hoping for 75%, but I'm worried it's no better than 50/50.

 

On the plus side, Bruce indicated in an article in August that he's expected to be back. And the clueless Gordon Whittenmeyer (sp?) was one of the guys who early on suggested that the Cubs would just let him go rather than pay him again.

[rawaction]

Hendry hasn't shown to be big on non-tendering or DFA'ing.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Hendry hasn't shown to be big on non-tendering or DFA'ing.

 

he did DFA Rusch after he nearly died

[SouthSideRyan]

It's going to be 2 clueless sides pulling on a loose knot with regards to Prior. One side not understanding sunk costs, the other side thinking we succeeded because there was no Mark Prior distraction. Hopefully they tighten the knot rather than rip the rope in half. You don't throw away a post-surgery Mark Prior.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hendry hasn't shown to be big on non-tendering or DFA'ing.

 

he did DFA Rusch after he nearly died

 

Heartless.

[imb]

Hendry hasn't shown to be big on non-tendering or DFA'ing.

 

he did DFA Rusch after he nearly died

 

Heartless.

 

breastless

[Brian]

I think Prior will be the comeback player of the year.

 

I've said that for what seems like the last 10 seasons

 

I'll be right one of these years.

 

 

And, since I'm not an expert on the surgery / injuries he had, can we expect his velocity to be back?