QUOTE(The Critic @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 09:21 AM)
I didn't read it that way at all.
The way I took that quote was Stone saying that people will unfairly question Prior's willingness to pitch through pain, when he really shouldn't pitch through the pain. Since he is seen as the franchise pitcher of the future for them, they shouldn't run him out there and risk his future. And I took that last sentence to mean, if they think he's a pussy, release him and watch 29 other teams disagree.
Yeah, I read it again. I was WAY off. Sorry.