Prior plans to pitch again in future

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MLB: Prior plans to pitch again in future
Published 6/8/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: Prior plans to pitch again in future Yea...what Criswell said. Now there is no date set, but Prior is resolute about his return. “I wouldn’t have done the surgery if I didn’t think I wasn’t going to pitch again,” Prior said. “If I decided I didn’t want to play, I just would have let it heal on its own and move forward. I feel like I can pitch. The good thing I’ve got going is I’m still young and I want to play. I want to pitch at a high level again and that is one of the reasons why I did the surgery.” ...Prior said it will take at least six weeks for the surgery to ...

Picking at a Scab
Published 6/9/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
As I'm sure you've all heard by now, ex-Cubs wonder boy Mark Prior went under the knife yet again last week for his troublesome shoulder. But you might have missed this little detail (emphasis added): The Padres' right-hander stood in the clubhouse with his right shoulder bandaged and his right arm in a sling following Wednesday's surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule. If that weren't enough to put an end to his bid to pitch this season, doctors also found a second injury -- one that isn't normally associated with baseball. Prior's anterior capsule was torn away from the humerus, the bone in the upper arm. Team physicians Heinz ...