Prior restraint: Cubs pitcher faces lawsuit from autograph session

April 10th, 2006 | Posted by Matt

Mark Prior just can’t seem to stop Cubs fans from crying. Now, the oft-injured pitcher is involved in a breach-of-contract lawsuit from an autograph session gone wrong. Supposedly, Prior signed only 196 of the 300 autographs that he was contractually obligated to provide, allegedly leaving two poor kids laying on the ground in tears.

I’ll refrain from too much Cubs bashing here, but come on Mark - think of the children here. It’s bad enough they are growing up as North Side fans; don’t make their situations worse.

But maybe Mark didn’t sign the autographs because he is busy working hard to make a triumphant return.

Or maybe he was just afraid his autograph arm would get hurt again.