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    Former Cubs phenom Mark Prior back at Wrigley as Dodgers' bullpen coach

    by Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune Jun 19, 2018 3 minutes

    CHICAGO - Boos rained down from the standing-room-only crowd at Wrigley Field during Mark Prior's major-league debut 16 years ago. But they were not directed at the 21-year-old right-hander with the meaty calves.

    The fans vented after they noticed pinch hitter Chris Stynes in the on-deck circle in the sixth. Stynes' presence meant that Prior would not get a chance to add to his strikeout total of 10 - the most for a debuting Cubs pitcher since at least 1969.

    Asked Monday what he recalled from that night, Prior replied: "Pirates, Wednesday

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