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tduecen 
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| Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:11 pm)
Both players are still attempting to come back and become MLB quality starters.
Who are you rooting for to make it?
I Think Willis is with the Cubs on a minor league deal while Prior is I believe pitching independent league after being released by Boston. Both were electrifying at a young age and looked like they could be destined for HOF one day but each has had career derailed by various issues.
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nicholastiger 
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:13 pm to tduecen)
Brad Hawpe launched one off Prior in 2000 College World Series, he didn't like it too much
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:16 pm to tduecen)
Did Jason Knapp stop playing baseball?
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:23 pm to tduecen)
I'd love to see D Train get back to any resemblance of what he was with the Marlins 
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TigerintheNO
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:29 pm to tduecen)
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Think Willis is with the Cubs on a minor league deal
I don't know what the Cubs were thinking when they traded him.
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:03 pm to tduecen)
Prior is a reliever i believe
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tduecen
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:12 pm to Lester Earl)
Yup, Willis has been both last few years it seems
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tzimme4 
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:14 pm to tduecen)
I thought we were about to talk about the starting rotation for the 2003 NLCS
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:39 pm to tzimme4)
I thought this was a 2003-related thread too. Ten years. Man.
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:57 pm to tduecen)
Willis was good early on, but he was never destined for the HOF.
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:05 pm to mattz1122)
Rooting for both, but moreso for Prior because that dude was like a top 10-12 guy for his first 2 seasons or so. Thought he was going to be the next dominant ace for a dozen or so years.
This post was edited on 2/8 at 6:06 pm
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:29 pm to bddwolfpack)
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Willis was good early on, but he was never destined for the HOF.
Yea wasn't he in the minors for like a decade?
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tduecen
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:30 pm to Tiger1242)
Finished second in CY Young at 23 and his 3rd season in majors. 46 wins in first 3 seasons
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Tiger1242
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:33 pm to tduecen)
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Finished second in CY Young at 23 and his 3rd season in majors. 46 wins in first 3 seasons
Oh no doubt he was a beast, but I was never expecting HoF
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:35 pm to tduecen)
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Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis
Where is Toe Nash when you need him.
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tduecen
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:36 pm to Tiger1242)
Had he kept up his first 3 seasons he would have been in discussion. 3.30, 4.02, 2.87 era in those 3 seasons, 46 wins over that span.
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tduecen
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 6:36 pm to dukke v)
Jail
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| re: Mark Prior and Dontrelle Willis (Posted on 2/8/13 at 7:33 pm to tduecen)
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Who are you rooting for to make it?
Prior. I love watching him pitch. I went to the Cubs-Rockies the day after he was with a line drive. It was sad to see him in a sling, but I was amped cause I was seeing Mark Prior in the flesh.
I still have my home Mark Prior jersey (and my Kerry Wood t-shirty jersey).
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