ESPN article on Prior

[mul21]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3279715&sportCat=mlb

 

Pretty fair and honest if you ask me. Doesn't trash anybody and is probably about as close to the truth as it's gonna get.

[YearofDaCubs]

ha ha did you notice who he's next to in the pic? Our very own Glendon Rusch.

[MADD_DOG_31]

ha ha did you notice who he's next to in the pic? Our very own Glendon Rusch.

 

that very same glendon rusch who is being watched by reds scouts every step he takes in hopes of luring him in....ive got a source of a source of a source that said dusty guaranteed him a starting role dude....

[badger1679666666]

Is it wrong that I miss him alot? He'll always hold a place in my heart.

[Tyrant]

Mary Prior has a vagina and can only throw towels.

 

Just getting it out of the way.

[otis89]

Is it wrong that I miss him alot? He'll always hold a place in my heart.

 

I miss him, too.

[Southpaw191679666239]

ha ha did you notice who he's next to in the pic? Our very own Glendon Rusch.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2008 San Diego Cubs:

 

Greg Maddux

Mark Prior

Michael Barrett

Shawn Estes

Glendon Rusch

Jody Gerut

[jiml60]

Weird, but true. It was time for Prior to leave. You can couch it 100 different ways, but the truth is the Cubs were weary of Prior and Prior was weary of the Cubs. Sometimes it's that simple.

 

It should never get to this point. The Cubs organization failed with Mark Prior which means they failed the fans. They have an obligation to get the best out of their players, make sure they're healthy and especially don't let the great ones go. I've seen it too much in my 40 years as a fan.

 

Don't give me that crap that it was time for Prior to leave or he was just in it for the money. He saw first hand the ineptitude of the Cubs organization and wanted to get out of here. Who could blame him?

 

To me, there may have been worse GMs than Hendry but he has been the biggest failure. The talent was there to at least win the World Series once during his tenure and he couldn't even get this team there.

 

I hate this organization.

[rocket]

it'd been nice if prior had the surgery he needed like 3 seasons ago.

[UK1679666180]

Agreed, the flaw has been the Cubs medical staff. Their inability to find the exact extent of the injury caused this. Of course, it appears the Cubs took the side of the medical staff and it was best for both side to part ways after that.

 

You figure an organization with this much of a financial commitment towards players' salaries would have better insurance (elite med. staff) for their investments. Yet, they seem go thru them as much as they do managers.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

I think it had gotten to a point where change was inevitable on both sides," says Prior, who signed a one-year, $1 million deal with additional incentive clauses after the Cubs didn't offer him a contract.

 

ha, good to see Gene still doesn't bother with facts.

[Vanilla Ice]

I think it had gotten to a point where change was inevitable on both sides," says Prior, who signed a one-year, $1 million deal with additional incentive clauses after the Cubs didn't offer him a contract.

 

ha, good to see Gene still doesn't bother with facts.

 

Good to know I was not the only one confused by that

[SouthSideRyan]

I think it had gotten to a point where change was inevitable on both sides," says Prior, who signed a one-year, $1 million deal with additional incentive clauses after the Cubs didn't offer him a contract.

 

ha, good to see Gene still doesn't bother with facts.

 

Well he's right and he's wrong. They unofficially offered him a contract telling him what they'd pay him, but they didn't tender him a contract with regards to arbitration.

[WrigleyField 22]

Damn that article really made me miss him.

 

Then it got to the part where it said he was 27 years old.

 

Woah, time flies when he's on the DL I guess. I still had the feeling that we let this super young guy that we let go. Hes only three years away from "being on the wrong side of 30".

 

I'm going to miss him. As much as it would hurt to see him do well somewhere else I really want to see him succeed. After 2003 who didn't think/hope/wish he'd be a Cubbie for life? I just hope that in 2018 we don't sign a broken down 3 tome Cy Young winner, Mark Prior.

 

I feel like I need to change my username. Wrigley Field because that might change, and 22 because I like Hart, but he's no Prior :(.

[cbbryan]

Change it to ZellField666

[cbbryan]

When I first read this article I wrote Gene and told him that Prior, in fact, had been offered a 2 year deal by the Cubs and wondered why he chose not to include that in his article. In fact, he stated they didn't offer him a contract which is technically true, but not really.

 

He wrote me back and this is what he said:

 

If you hooked up jim to a lie detector (and I’m a huge fan of the guy), he’d tell you it was time to part ways. He wanted Prior, but only if it was for the right price: a guaranteed deal in 2008 with a club option for 2009. He definitely didn’t want to go to arbitration with Prior. I understand their reasoning, but I also understand Prior’s reasoning for wanting to leave: if he pitches well in 2008, he can do much better on the market in ’09. The Cubs pre-arbitration deal would have limited him. So, the truth is, the Cubs wanted him—but only on their terms.

[Balsa]

Is it wrong that I miss him alot? He'll always hold a place in my heart.

 

I miss him, too.

Aye, he was one of my favorite Cubs. Him and Michael Barrett.... :(

[WrigleyField 22]

When I first read this article I wrote Gene and told him that Prior, in fact, had been offered a 2 year deal by the Cubs and wondered why he chose not to include that in his article. In fact, he stated they didn't offer him a contract which is technically true, but not really.

 

He wrote me back and this is what he said:

 

If you hooked up jim to a lie detector (and I’m a huge fan of the guy), he’d tell you it was time to part ways. He wanted Prior, but only if it was for the right price: a guaranteed deal in 2008 with a club option for 2009. He definitely didn’t want to go to arbitration with Prior. I understand their reasoning, but I also understand Prior’s reasoning for wanting to leave: if he pitches well in 2008, he can do much better on the market in ’09. The Cubs pre-arbitration deal would have limited him. So, the truth is, the Cubs wanted him—but only on their terms.

His response is 100% true, but avoids the fact that he didn't include it in the article. wth

[cbbryan]

When I first read this article I wrote Gene and told him that Prior, in fact, had been offered a 2 year deal by the Cubs and wondered why he chose not to include that in his article. In fact, he stated they didn't offer him a contract which is technically true, but not really.

 

He wrote me back and this is what he said:

 

If you hooked up jim to a lie detector (and I’m a huge fan of the guy), he’d tell you it was time to part ways. He wanted Prior, but only if it was for the right price: a guaranteed deal in 2008 with a club option for 2009. He definitely didn’t want to go to arbitration with Prior. I understand their reasoning, but I also understand Prior’s reasoning for wanting to leave: if he pitches well in 2008, he can do much better on the market in ’09. The Cubs pre-arbitration deal would have limited him. So, the truth is, the Cubs wanted him—but only on their terms.

His response is 100% true, but avoids the fact that he didn't include it in the article. wth

 

In my e-mail response I told him that.