Prior Injured

If you haven't heard the news, which I'm sure most of you have, Mark Prior has a strained subscapularis muscle which has shut him down for the time being. The subscapularis is a muscle that sits on the bottom side of your shoulder blade (the same side as the ribs). Its main action is to internally rotate the shoulder. If you held your elbow at your side at a 90 degree angle, an internal rotation motion would be to keep this elbow angle and bring your hand from your side to your stomach. Right now Prior is pain free with this motion at his side, but still has some pain with the motion at shoulder height. The Cubs have much more knowledgeable people working on this than me, so I trust them to do the right thing. Just another dissapointing Spring Training for the Cubs, hopefully they can turn it around.

Marquette
I didn't get to much of the game Thursday because I was at work, so I don't have much to comment on. This article appeared in the Journal Sentinel this morning about the loss of Novak for next season. Nobody will replace Novak next season. The three freshmen, Mortenson, and Fitzgerald along with the new recruits will be better shooters, but Steve was automatic this season and that will be sorely missed.