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All apologies to Mark Prior (Jack McDowell, Yahoo! Sports, 4/2/2004)

All apologies to Mark Prior for a radio interview taken to the next level. But if the unintentional Prior-steroid connection (made by yours truly) is any indication of the pervading feelings in the baseball world today, then it is obvious the MLB Players Association needs to nip this in the bud for the sake of all players.

Until the testing system is publicly accepted as valid and useful, this sort of speculation and potential blow-up can be expected at every turn. If I were Prior and were clean but I still fell under suspicion because of others, I also would be pretty upset.

Despite the “all apologies” sentence, that’s not an apology. It’s an excuse. The MLB Players Assocation’s stance on this means that he and others “can be expected” to spew forth this sort of speculation. Huh?

And what does he mean “unintentional Prior-steroid connection?” Is he saying he didn’t intend for the words that came out of his mouth to have actually come out of his mouth?