Terrible Towels

Once again, rumors abound that Mark Prior is injured once again. Will Carroll, who correctly predicted Kerry Wood's injury probability for 2005 and Mark Prior's foot in 2004, lays this nugget:

You can't have spring training anymore without pitcher problems or at least rumors of said problems. Those usually start with the Cubs, and this year is no different. Reliable sources--the same ones that tipped us early to Mark Prior's Achilles problem--now tell us that Prior is having shoulder problems. The Cubs deny this and point to Prior's work on the mound. Prior was doing towel drills on Saturday, but this is the same type of work he was doing last year when there was a problem. According to our best sources in Mesa, Prior looks "weak and sick." Until he throws, we just won't know, though I'd like to believe Larry Rothschild.

What have we warned you about articles mentioning Prior and towels?

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