What Happened to Mark Prior? 

Napolean Dynamite does a fine job in this doc, never knew he was in to baseball so much?

Now he’s turning the Dodgers pitching staff into legends 😎

Dude. Injury was absolutely the only thing that could stop him. IT IS ALL DUSTY BAKER'S FAULT

It's great that Mark Prior has peace with his career path, that shows a tremendous amount of character. But I still hate Dusty Baker for his part in this.

This 16 minute video could have been summarized by just commenting "Dusty Baker happened to Mark Prior".

Love the content. Miss seeing some of these guys play!

Thought I clicked a "Baseball Doesn't Exist" video lol good content bro keep it up

Dusty Baker burned his arm out..look at the amount of innings he pitched end of 03..Dusty was always slow on the hook

Alex Gonzalez should be more of a scapegoat to losing that NLCS than a freaking fan who was just reacting to a baseball hit in foul territory pretty much hit right at him. That was a routine inning ending double play hes a professional and blew that. Steve Bartman was merely a paying fan.

I remember that year perfectly. The cubs would be up by 8 runs in a game in july and baker would leave him in to throw 125 pitches. FOR NO REASON

got to see him pitch once live vs Mets on a really cold day. MECHANICS, fluidity on the mound

You did a great job on this video. Prior was my favorite growing up.

Great video!

Very good video. Keep it up. I'm subscribed so try to post them more often.

He’s curveball was amazing

Great job

I remember this game, and it was very heartbreaking!

My all time favorite player after Ryne Sandberg. I went to see prior so many times that he knew who I was. I got over 40 autographs by him. 25 of them in person. The guy who used to park the player cars at Wrigley got to know me from going to so many games that he hooked me up with autographs. He would put items I wanted signed in Priors car and Mark would sign them after the game for me.

How do only have 75 subs you deserve way more

Great video! I'll be subscriber #258, keep up the good work

Having talented pitchers that show promise, make it to the big leagues, and contribute around a core of others to push a team far is rare. Then when all is said and done, the odds are only one if any of them will have a long and successful career. I am a Mariners fan and was devastated that we never got Felix Hernandez into a single playoff game. Now i look at our team in 2023 with a rotation that looks stacked with young talent and looks primed to dominate for years, but you just never know. Emjoy while it lasts i guess.

Nice videos!

That marlin’s cubs series was one for the record book it was probably the greatest series I ever watched

Saw him pitch in 2003, had a chance to see him a second time that year, but I had places to be that I didn't think I could get out of. Shame.

He was a phenomenal hitter too

Dusty Baker destroyed Prior and Woods arms. There's no other reason. He used them too much.

6'5'', Mid to upper ninties fastball, filthy breaking ball and great command. Almost a perfect pitching specimen and only lasted 3 seasons.

Dusty Baker & the incompetent front office destroyed the guy’s shoulder.

Heard a national radio interview with Black Jack McDowell in early 2000s. He said he was worried about Prior's reputation because Prior was getting the same injuries as players who used Roids. He was worried people might start thinking Prior was using them too.

Great video friend. You have a new subscriber

This guy needs to make a documentary on his Uncle Rico’s illustrious football career! Show footage of him throwing a football over the mountains 😂🤣🤣😂

Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano and Matt Clement were the 4 Horsemen who should have been World Series Champions in 2003. A blind 3rd base umpire and a lazy Dusty Baker blew the most controversial call in baseball history, suffering Cub fans would have to wait 13 long years to finally get their day.

A great video would be one on all the young pitchers with great stuff and potential, but whose careers were cut short and/or compromised by arm trouble. I remember guys like Frank Tanana, Mario Soto, Wayne Simpson, Gary Nolan, who had superstar stuff, but then lost it due to arm trouble. Some of these guys had long careers, but without a killer heater, not great careers.

Plenty of pitchers like this over the years of mlb

Great video u got my sub

Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are prime examples of why you do not give young pitchers big contracts, no matter how much potential they might have.

133 pitches against the braves at 22 I blame Dusty for over using him and Wood

The killer moment was Alex Gonzalez botching that potential double play ball. The Cubs could have escaped with a 3-1 lead.

I met Mark during his USC days. I was able to take some great pics and give it to his dad. Really great Trojan

I in my believe had injuries didnt derail his career he could've been something special!

13:16 -Maybe the scouts should consider that only one pitcher (Tom Glavine) has survived the inverted W for a long career.

He's Chicago's Mark Fidrych.

I can answer that and his name is Dusty Baker. As a cardinals fan, I was worried after 2003. The Cubs in 2003 had Prior, Kerry Wood, and Carlos Zambrano. And Ole Dusty screwed that up

12:23 - Baker was the worst at managing pitchers until he came out of retirement.

"Where did things go wrong?" The arm and shoulder area mainly.

The collision at second base started the problems. Like Dizzy Dean whose toe was broken from a line drive and his mechanics changed, something happened with Prior. Either there was some slight change in his delivery or there was some sort fear in the very back of his mind. Kerry Wood was very hard on his elbow. Prior was not.

do a video on Derrek Lee's 05 season!

He had a "prior" engagement😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂

That Gonzales bobble was way worse than the kid touching the foul ball.

Some of the best mechanics I’ve ever seen outta a starter, he had so much potential to be an all time great

Napoleon Dynamite killed it. Uncle Rico must have been a star pitcher on top of being the star quarterback

Wow! Completely forgot that the cubs passed on Mauer…instead we had to endure Michael Barrett lol

"Thisss is Peeter Mccalleester the faaather. I woould like a hoootel roooom pleaeese credit card? youuu gotttt ittt"

I moved from Chicago to Jackson Tennessee for a minute, and I got to see prior do his babe ruth impersonation for the minor league diamond jaxx, I moved back home in time to get my heart broke in '03

Someone at youtube decided to throw you into the algorithm. Take heed, make improvements, keep making videos if you want to do it.

Dusty Baker is what Happened to Mark Prior !

But media blamed Bartman and did not focus on the Cubs ss who made a key error.

I was at Wrigley Field for the Bartman game. Worst moment in all of sports.

Inverted W? From where I come from that's called an "M".

Dusty baker ruined Wood and Prior.

Not sure why you included the Batman thing. Had nothing to do with anything. He allowed a double to Pierre to start the inning and went from 0-2 on Castillo to 3-2 cause he was tiring. You can't tell me that Batman is the reason he hung a curve ball to Rodriguez.

what is this voice?

Love your contents, great overall just a tiny suggestion your voice is a little.... Sleepy

You have to have pitch inning limits and pitch count limits for pitchers under 25 years of age.

Had to stop watching it to the point when Mark prior to the pitch and hit toward the foul line I just got rid of the video I can't watch it anymore too much pain

Dusty baker and cubs management deatroyed prior and wood, plus those guys threw to many pitches

Reminds me of Matt Harvey

The Cubs happened

He’s the reason why theirs no such thing as “perfect mechanics” sadly

This 2003 NLCS really glossed over the TRUE breakout stud of the moment. That was Josh Beckett. In game 5, down 3-1 he took the ball, in what looked like a mere formality. After all, even if Florida wins, they have to beat Prior and Wood who are locked and loaded for games at Wrigley. Beckett calmly dismantled the Cubs with a two hitter that is, to this day, the most dominant performance Ive ever seen by a pitcher outside of Kerry Wood's 20K epic, and well...pretty much any playoff start by Madison Bumgarner.

The "inverted W"? So, an M...

The 2002 Giants managed by Dusty Baker also blew game 5 against the Angels in the series when Dusty was trying to hand out game balls to Ortiz up by 5 only for the angels to come back and win the series what an idiot 2003 the Cubs had modern day Drysdale and Koufax and Dusty still found a way to screw that series up against the Marlins just use the worst in-game manager of all time . As far as Mark Pryor same thing that happened to Carrie Wood Dusty had those guys pitching until their arms fell off. Inverted w? After blowing that 2003 series the year before Dusty was desperate he overworked those guys to their arms fell off what a total idiot. And how did you not beat the Atlanta braves last year with the number one defense in offense in the league good God

"The inverted W" so an M?

Play at 1.25x speed. Thank me later.

Dusty Baker burn Mark Proir and Kerry Wood

Inverted W…otherwise known as an M. Jesus, baseball people can be really dumb, sometimes.

His best career is with the dodgers.

Dusty baker, the worst manager of time, ruined Mark Prior.

Mark Prior was ORIGINALLY drafted by the NY Yankees in 1998 but didn't sign.That Pirates team for that time was garbage and would strike out trying to hit a bee with the bat. Prior's injury problem was Prior himself. The only people saying he had perfect pitching motion were the Cubs and their announcers. Other teams seen his motion and seen the flaw that Markie ignored when he was told by Billy Cox. Kerry Wood developed the very same problem but too ignored it. They thought they knew more than a very successful major league pitching coach who tried to help. They started planting their left leg, landing leg slightly towards to right-handed hitting box which then caused them to throw back across their bodies to hit the middle of the plate or the LH side of the plate. That really didn't effect curveballs or inside fastballs to righties. What it did do is put all of the stress of throwing sliders and inside pitches to lefties on the right elbows. That leads to Tommy John surgeries and different types of shoulder injuries, torn Labrum to Rotator Cuff repairs. Both Kerry and Markie refereed to by many fans in Chicago as the MASH unit because they were injured but never trierd to listen to what the problem was.....themselves. Kerry got it when he went to Cleveland and became the closer, to late in his career to try and start again. Mark just went on and on in his dream world that he was perfect, even today he refuses to admit it was his own motion that caused all of his serious issues. Mark Prior and Stephen Strasburg had mirror early careers, Stephen got it before he completely killed his arm, until 2010 Stephen started 12 games, 2011 he only started 2 but then it took off in 2012 where he started 20-30 games per year until 2020 and this "pandemic" hit. 21 he started 2 games and 2121 5 games. He got the message and fixed the problem, to bad Prior was so stupid and egotistical, he COULD'VE been great.

There is no way this is this guys regular voice

I woulda taken Mauer over prior too 5 silver sluggers 3 batting titles 3 gold gloves and a league MVP.....yeah definitely

Baker blew game 7. Mismanaged as usual

Holy shit why are you reading like this....painful....Hooked on Phonics

Love your content bro but I can’t stand the way you talk it’s so slow, I watch all your vids in 1.25 to make it sound better no offense just might want to tighten that up.

Talk about a flash in the pan this guy was

That voice…. ***cringe but otherwise cool video

This voice is like a trans earth Vader, wtf

it sounds like youre speaking at 0.5x speed

Mark Priors poor mechanics that he had since his USC days are what happened to him. Dusty did him no favors but he is ultimately not to blame for his problems.

Why is the narrator out of breath?????????????????????????????????

He always look like he had a pissy attitude

TJ Miller sounds awful in this video. Need to recruit a better team for X-RU-vid Force and keep Josh Brolin employed at Fox/Disney.

I realize you can’t change your voice… But do it anyway.

Interesting i guess, but the narrator is awful. It has to be this bad on purpose, right?