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Wednesday, March 31


Prior out until mid-May

OK, so if the good news keeps coming in at this rate, in mid-May, Prior will be saying that he hopes he's ready for next Opening Day.

Straight from the horse's mouth, Prior himself "hopes to be in there by mid-May".

Factually speaking, out of the thirty MLB teams, the one team best suited to lose a Mark Prior IS the Cubs. Scott at the Northside Lounge very neatly made the best point about it today. If we're going to be completely left-brained today, very few teams have the pitching depth we do, so numbers-wise, it is not fatal.

Of course, we all know that numbers don't mean diddly-shit to me.

This IS the Curse, dammit!! How else do you explain it? Due to the cheapness of the Twins, we stole one when we drafted a turnkey product, a plug-and-play Cy Young winner. And what does God do?

If he blew out his arm, like Wood did, then we all could go about the business of blaming Dusty for over-using him, and there would be closure. But this is worse, in a way. It's a bigger tease. His elbow IS inflamed, a little, but there isn't anything structual that they can detect. Of course, there isn't anything structual they can detect in the achilles, either, and he can't even push off on that at this point. A whole winter of rest and rehab didn't help at all.

It isn't his arm, it's his leg, and it's keeping him from pitching, all the same. I have a feeling that another month isn't going to help one iota. Then, he will take the Death Ride down to Birmingham, Alabama, where Dr. Andrews keeps the big knives for the big boys.

God lets Albert fucking PooHoles, and Greg Eric fucking Gagme come up from nowhere. But He won't let US enjoy a little good fortune, too.

The Curse. God ain't gonna let us steal nuthin!


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