Comments on: Mark Prior is healthy and trying to win bullpen job with Reds http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: datdangdrewdundunituhgin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458985 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:32:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458985 great story. i am sending positive thoughts for his return, but what i find really neat is that he seems to be really enjoying the journey. we can all sit here and rue the circumstances if his career derailed, but mark looks to be content just battling, and hasn’t lost sight of the fact he’s still playing the game we all love, and doing it with grace. how can you not pull for him?

i hope that he can make a withdrawal this time from his karmic bank account.

]]> By: gogigantos http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458785 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:28:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458785 good for him
chase that dream til you just can’t no more
the kids make you feel old, hahahahahaha
wait til you truly too old to chase that dream and say you didn’t do it,,,
good for you kid,, get back to the show and make us all glad you did

]]> By: tuberippin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458675 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:08:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458675 I dunno, Richard Pryor had problems with a lot of things.

]]> By: ndrocks2 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458616 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:43:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458616 Huge fan – BUT he will come up injured at some point probably before spring training ends, no way he sees June without a DL stint. That black cloud will hang over him forever unfortunately…

]]> By: ningenito78 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458579 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:18:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458579 I can’t even imagine how frustrating it has to be for a guy like Prior and the talent he had to just not be able to get your body to get back in line. Six years of probably just sitting there knowing what you have to do and just your body not doing it. Such a shame. Maybe this will be the year.

]]> By: jessethegreat http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458534 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:19:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458534 Think of how good the Cubbies rotation would have been had Woody and Prior continued in their early trajectories for long term success…

]]> By: jbro3169 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458526 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:13:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458526 Well Im thinking he’s going to make the team because Dusty kind of owes him a favor…for ya know…ruining his career and all

]]> By: professormaddog31 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458500 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:53:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458500 It’d be nice to see him up in the bigs one last time, giving it all he’s got, and be able to walk away a winner or at least on his own terms, much like his former colleague Kerry Wood.

I have nothing but mad respect for Prior. Always have.

]]> By: professormaddog31 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458492 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:50:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458492 Mark Prior’s always going to be one of my favorite dudes. It’s such a shame that his body failed him so miserably, because he was such a joy to watch. I hope he does well in this go-round, I hope he stays positive. That guy is a class act, and I wish him success in everything he does.

]]> By: jm91rs http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458490 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:50:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458490 Everyone blames dusty for what happened. Everyone except the one guy that would know. You think if Pryor doesn’t have a problem with it maybe the rest of us should move on?

]]> By: jm91rs http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458487 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:49:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458487 My thoughts exactly. I’m hoping the guy does well, but he may have picked the wrong team to try to latch on to. I’m betting even Hoover doesn’t start the year in the bigs because there’s just no room. But injuries happen, hopefully he sticks around long enough in Louisville to get the call up later.

]]> By: Jeremy T http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458461 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458461 Prior and Dusty meet again…

]]> By: andyreidisthegoat http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458460 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458460 Just use HGH. You’ll be fine. The rest of the league does.

]]> By: jonrox http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458458 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458458 It’s hard to see who he would bump out of the bullpen. The Reds already had one of the best (if not the best) bullpens in the Majors last year, with so much talent that a guy like J.J. Hoover finished the season in the minors despite a sub-1.0 WHIP in 30 IP.

With everyone back, I think it’s going to take some significant struggles out of someone like Alfredo Simon or a significant injury for Prior to make it up. I’m not sure anyone, besides Hoover, has any options left.

]]> By: randygnyc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458453 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:26:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458453 Can’t question Prior’s determination or passion for the game. Not many guys who had achieved such success/acclaim could put their ego aside and posses the humility to attempt to work their way back over such a long period of time.

]]> By: latchbeam http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458452 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:25:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458452 Man, I hope he wins the job! Great, class guy and still hasn’t given up… he is a warrior!

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/19/mark-prior-is-healthy-and-trying-to-win-bullpen-job-with-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-458448 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:17:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315949#comment-458448 He simply likes to play the game.

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