03-13-2009, 06:56 PM
I agree that he has always been an arrogant asshole, but he was our arrogant asshole. He had the chance to be the greatest Cub pitcher of all time and any one who does not think this paragraph from the posted article is the reason he was wasted are simply kidding themselves.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->You’d hope so, though the universal consensus is that Cubs manager Dusty Baker abused Prior at the end of the 2003 season simply because he knew no better. In Prior’s last nine games, including three in the playoffs, he logged the following pitch counts: 131, 129, 109, 124, 131, 133, 132, 115, 119. House believes the overuse by Baker doomed Prior. Eight pitchers this decade have thrown 109 or more pitches in nine straight games, and half of them needed reconstructive arm surgery. The only other pitchers this decade to throw at least four 130-plus-pitch games in a season, let alone in two months, are Livan Hernandez and Randy Johnso<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
We were supposed to suck in 03, and if we had there is a chance that Wood and Prior would still be starting pitchers.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->You’d hope so, though the universal consensus is that Cubs manager Dusty Baker abused Prior at the end of the 2003 season simply because he knew no better. In Prior’s last nine games, including three in the playoffs, he logged the following pitch counts: 131, 129, 109, 124, 131, 133, 132, 115, 119. House believes the overuse by Baker doomed Prior. Eight pitchers this decade have thrown 109 or more pitches in nine straight games, and half of them needed reconstructive arm surgery. The only other pitchers this decade to throw at least four 130-plus-pitch games in a season, let alone in two months, are Livan Hernandez and Randy Johnso<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
We were supposed to suck in 03, and if we had there is a chance that Wood and Prior would still be starting pitchers.
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