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what a stupid thing to say. umm no. i think we all understand who is saying the stupid things in this thread.

He just had surgery last year. There have been multiple problems found with Prior's arm since he was exposed to Dusty. nah dude, he just needs to work out more. if only he knew how much money and fame was at stake. somebody should really tell him. maybe i'll write him an e-mail or something to let him know what he could be if he just worked out

no, of course he's not. no one is suggesting anything in that ridiculous scenario. i think the notion that he's spending "hours upon hours" working out is equally as absurd, though. knowing the mark prior that we all got to know in his brief time in the cubs organization, i cant see the guy busting his ass to get back. dont you think that he'd be back and healthy by now if he had tried busting his ass in the past? it's a pretty fundamental approach. to getting healthy, that is. We aren't talking about a guy with weight issues who needs to get on the treadmill. We're talking about a guy who withstood serious abuse by a horrible manager and who sustained very serious arm injuries in the process. You can't just decide to bounce back from those things with extra effort. On top of that, he had a shoulder injury that the Cubs never found. No matter how hard you work, it's tough to get healthy when you have something structurally wrong with your shoulder. tougher, sure. absolutely. but we're not talking about a two month period. or even a one year period. it's been years now. let me ask you this... at what point do you question his committment to getting healthy? five years of being hurt? ten? ever? at what point do you question a cancer patient's commitment to getting healthy? 5 years of being sick? 10? death?

no, of course he's not. no one is suggesting anything in that ridiculous scenario. i think the notion that he's spending "hours upon hours" working out is equally as absurd, though. knowing the mark prior that we all got to know in his brief time in the cubs organization, i cant see the guy busting his ass to get back. dont you think that he'd be back and healthy by now if he had tried busting his ass in the past? it's a pretty fundamental approach. to getting healthy, that is. We aren't talking about a guy with weight issues who needs to get on the treadmill. We're talking about a guy who withstood serious abuse by a horrible manager and who sustained very serious arm injuries in the process. You can't just decide to bounce back from those things with extra effort. sure you can. you either commit yourself to do something or you don't. i'm questioning his commitment. i don't doubt that he wants to be a major league pitcher for one second. i do, however, doubt his effort to do so. wow. so prior can get healthy, become a superstar, and make millions of dollars.. and the only thing standing in his way is effort? you really need to stop posting

the problem is that hendry is going to get nothing at all for him with the way he's handled it.

What stuff has been said about him being a jerk? I'm not doubting it, I'm just curious because I haven't heard anything.

I agree with him to the extent that I don't trust prospects the Braves trade away. More times than not (and I believe a pretty wide margin) they don't amount to anything. Horacio Ramirez, Andy Marte, Damian Moss, Ruben Quevedo, Joey Nation are all examples purely off the top of my head. They've been excellent at identifying young talent and getting rid of the young non-talent at premium prices. Andy Pratt. Excellent point. And I liked Pratt when he came over here. :oops: Jeff Francoeur

I don't think he's talking about guys who were prospects over a decade ago. The only guy there that is really relevant to this conversation is McCann.

i can't bleieve how confident i am in this team scoring goals every time i turn on a game. if they go more than like 10 minutes of gamre time without socring a goal it feels like it's a surprise. i haven't felt like this about a team since the 2003-2004 lightning

EDIT: Would more call it outplaying the other team severely more than "finding a way to win"... no offense intended at all. true that. this team isn't finding ways to win, they're just flat out mashing. not many cheap wins for these guys

lol duca

Um how many 6 minute power plays have you seen? especially when both people have their gloves off (no offsetting penalties)? i'm not even talking about that. every single game there are multiple posts from you complaining about the refs. it's non-stop. i like you but you don't want to sound like a whiner

you need to relax dude. enough with the refs

so he proved that he has a cousin How does that even prove he has a cousin? And how is getting a name and address and providing a distance from another location trouble? i have no idea. i just thought it was really funny how that stuff mixmastamiguel posted was supposed to make the guy's story more credible. forget the fact that giving addresses provides nothing.

so he proved that he has a cousin

a few weeks ago didn't Lowe make a big deal about how he was all about winning and the team he would choose would be the team that gave him the best chance at winning titles? i know all athletes say that, but i remember him being very adamant about it.

agreed, that .273 slugging % would look great in a cubs uniform Miles career slugging- .364 Burke career slugging- .363 Plus Burke is about 4 years younger, better defensively than Miles, and much cheaper.

He's going to be on who in the what-what? The new show on Comcast SportsNet from 6:00 AM-9:00 AM with Mike North and Dan Jiggetts. I caught some of it this morning and I was impressed and I'm not even a big fan of Mike North. Is there any way to listen to or watch this online?

This post really made it sound like you were implying he's full of it. you really don't see it?

hours upon hours? definitely not. i'd be surprised if he works out daily at this point. you must be surprised by a lot of things

How is he acting all high and mighty? He was defnding himself because you basically called him a liar and lumped him in with some joker on cubs.com. DonnieD never said the trade was done. If you read too much into it, then that's your fault.

The Good Bruce did say yesterday that the Peavy trade was still alive according to his sources with the Cubs. Where did he say that?

haha he was clearly joking. look at the post he was replying to.

shut up you all knowing entity

wow. you need to stop constantly trying to start stuff with me. leave me alone dude, it's kind of creepy. nothing i said was hostile at all and you turn in into that, just because i don't believe a guy on xm reported something that really sounds bogus. i never said you didn't hear it or that you were lying. i said i didn't believe the guy that said it. you're so defensive that it's ridiculous.