traydragen Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 ON the front page on USA Today (sports section) there is an excerpt from about "black jack" Jack Mcdowell saying how he implied that Mark Prior's slow recovery is from use of steroids. It also says its in the Chicago Sun Times and I'm not from around there so if this is old then disregard it but I though it was very funny. Jack McDowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieHarris2 Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 ON the front page on USA Today (sports section) there is an excerpt from about "black jack" Jack Mcdowell saying how he implied that Mark Prior's slow recovery is from use of steroids. It also says its in the Chicago Sun Times and I'm not from around there so if this is old then disregard it but I though it was very funny. Jack McDowell haha i read that this morning in the paper and all i could do was laugh. But seriously if Prior is on steroids that would make it even more funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 There is a thread on this topic in the Sports Bar--just in case anyone wanted to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSoxMan Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 i saw it on espn! Blackjack is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't care if Prior is a Cub. Black Jack f***ed up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocking Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't care if Prior is a Cub.Black Jack f***ed up here. Agree, i cannot see where he draws this idea from. Makes me worry that he picked our beloved to finish first in the Central! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israel4ever Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't care if Prior is a Cub. Black Jack f***ed up here. Who cares? Any Cub-bashing is good!!! :fthecubs :fyou Mark Prior, you 'roid head!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I am not sure why Jack would say something like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I am not sure why Jack would say something like that... Probably because he is whacked out on something himself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Probably because he is whacked out on something himself... Lol! Ding, ding--we have a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 lol..I remember when Jose Canseco came out and said players were doing steroids nobody believed him. Turned out to be true. I'm not exactly sure where Jack was comin from. I know Prior has extremely large legs. Don't really fit his body at all. It is extremely odd how this so called "minor" injury might keep him out till June... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 maybe he got calf implants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 maybe he got calf implants... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't care if Prior is a Cub. Black Jack f***ed up here. Yeah, Jack is an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Yeah, Jack is an idiot. or not time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 No, he's an idiot. Prior has huge calves. Big deal. I'll always admire Jack for how he performed when he was on the Sox, and I know that he went to Stanford, but he's clearly lacking in the field of common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 Why is he an idiot? Accusing Prior is no different than accusing Barry Bonds. Fact is that everybody is basically a suspect. I'm not sayin that's fair. But that's the way it's gonna be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 Apr 1 Updating an earlier story, Cubs.MLB.com's Carrie Muskat reports Chicago Cubs SP Mark Prior responded to the comments made by former MLB SP Jack McDowell about steroids. "Do I look like I'm on steroids? That's the first I heard. Was he serious? I guess the best thing I can say is obviously I'm not; I don't know why he would say that. I never met the guy, I don't know the guy," Prior said. "I don't know if he's got a beef with me because I went to (USC) and he went to Stanford. That's about the worst thing I've ever heard. It doesn't even make any sense." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 It doesn't even make any sense That's basically what I'm trying to say here as well. He's calling him an idiot, in so many words. I don't see how anyone couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 That's basically what I'm trying to say here as well. He's calling him an idiot, in so many words. I don't see how anyone couldn't. I would never call somebody an idiot for voiceing an opinion. I'm not sayin Jack is right or wrong. He obviously made a BOLD statement by saying that. It was his opinion that when you have an injury like Priors that refuses to heal then you're probably on steroids...Not a big deal to me..If people can accuse Barry Bonds or Jason Giambi or basically any offensive player I don't see the big deal in accusing a pitcher..Like I said..Unless baseball reveals the names of the people they know that have done steroids, or guys come out and admit they've done steroids, everybody is basically a suspect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 It was his opinion that when you have an injury like Priors that refuses to heal then you're probably on steroids But it's like this. When you eat cake, it doesn't go straight to your ass and thighs. It spreads out over your entire body. How are steroids any different? Jack's an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 well, that idiot has found a way to remind relevant past his prime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 I don't think McDowell's an idiot. I think he just screwed up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israel4ever Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 Jack NEVER accused Prior per se. What McDowell said was that an injury like Prior's usually takes 1 month to heal. He went on to say that one charactersitic of steriod use is that your tendons don't grow at the rate that your muscles do, thus, steroid users tend to get tendon (and ligamant) pain (damage) more frequently, and that they take longer to heal for those people who use steroids. BTW...if Prior never pitched again, it wouldn't bother me all that much! :fthecubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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