Thanks for this post. It really does show what Prior could have very well done, in real life. I followed Prior's career through his college days and I was so very sad to see his decline. Damn you Dusty Baker, to Hell.
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Originally Posted by Sweed
I started my dynasty with OOTP4 and Rolen17's real player roster. The year was 2002 and Mark Prior was a rookie. I play every inning of every game and on the day I clinched the 2018 NL championship series and a trip to the 2018 World Series Mark Prior announced he was retiring at seasons end.
Note the number 23 care of the old player number changes when he comes off the DL (I never changed it back)  Also no home runs allowed from 2002-2008 as OOTP did not track that stat in those old versions.
Sad day for me and my Cubs and yet very cool to finally reach a milestone like this while playing out every game. 6 time Cy Young winner,9 time all-star, 316 wins, 3586 K's, one No Hitter (6k's 0 BB's) and I've seen it all from the dugout.
Still putting up good numbers over his last three seasons but unable to stay healthy, only 12, 22, and 19 starts. Stamina had fallen to 10 on the 1-20 scale and his stuff was starting to falter. Good to see him know when to call it quits. He leaves a $29 million contract over the next two years behind. Class act all the way to the end.
Needed to share the moment and didn't really see my wife being interested in the topic  |