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Prior on the comeback trail

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Friday, December 28, 2007

He's been one of the most exciting, tantalizing young pitchers of the past half-decade -- or at least at one point he was -- and year after year it seemed like no one could resist the annual "lottery ticket" that was picking Mark Prior. Now that he's a San Diego Padre, will you still be fooled? In 2003, Prior was a 22-year-old 18-game winner with a 2.43 ERA and 245 strikeouts, and had what seemed like a certain Hall of Fame career ahead of him. He seemed destined for multiple Cy Young Awards, a ...

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