With apologies to the great Kerry Wood, the last time the
Chicago Cubs had a young pitcher this good, he turned out to be Greg Maddux. Mark Prior has the potential to win as many Cy Young Awards as Maddux has and become the Roger Clemens of his era. The mention of Clemens and Maddux is no accident. Prior is in many ways a combination of the two pitchers, with nasty stuff and a bulldog mentality like the Rocket and the pitching smarts of the professor-like Maddux. His rise to dominance in his first season, blowing away the minor leagues in a few short months and coming up to post one of the league's best ERA in the bigs, established him as one of the game's premier starters.
Because nothing has happened so far, some Padres fans are beginning to think Jake Peavy will be the Padres' Opening Day starter come next April.
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:35 GMTNotre Dame returns home after a four-game road swing to take on Furman in just the second meeting ever between the two schools. The only matchup between the the Irish and the Paladins took place on Kansas City, Mo. in the semifinals of the Guardians Classic as the Irish registered a 75-50 victory on November 25, 2002.
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:43:17 GMTUI has extended wrestling Coach Tom Brands’ contract into 2013 and raised his guaranteed pay to about $150,000 after his team won the NCAA title last season.
Publ.Date : Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:28:17 GMTThe 19-year-old third baseman signs a record $11 million major league contract with a team that has other Cuban players.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:11:00 GMTFor Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, it took about one nanosecond to make the decision.
Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:45:02 GMT
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Mark was initially drafted out of high school by the
New York Yankees.
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