Aaron Harang
Aaron Harang
Aaron Michael Harangis an American professional baseball starting pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseballfor the Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 May 1978
CitySan Diego, CA
ball half hit home inner power ran second trying
The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half of the plate. That's his power zone. Give him credit. He's fast, and he's out there trying to get on base, but he can hit for power.
best game minimum pitches pitching situations starts team throw tough trying
I'm just trying not to throw a lot of pitches and keep my team in the game as long as possible. I've just been trying to get out of my starts with minimum damage. Even when you don't have your best stuff, pitching is about getting out of tough situations without your best stuff.
base gets guy lazy pick runner second struggling third
It's something we're going to try, because you never know. I mean, during the season, it could come up where you've got a runner on second and third or first and second, with two outs, and you've been struggling to get out of the inning, and a guy kind of gets lazy off second base - boom, pick him off, inning over.
biggest bullpen chance coming downs everybody fill finish guys innings last ready seven six starters step ups veteran
The biggest thing is everybody has to be consistent. We had some ups and downs last year. Guys are coming in early, getting ready for the season. We've got some veteran guys to fill in the bullpen. Starters have to step up and get us through six or seven innings and give our bullpen a chance to finish it.
best comfort gets habit level work
The best place to work on it is down here. What it does is, it gets you in a habit and gets your comfort level with doing something new.
ball behind cubs defense fans fun grateful guys hard hit played strikes threw tonight
The fans are enthusiastic, so it's fun to come here and play well. The Cubs have hit me before, but tonight I threw strikes and the guys played defense behind me. And he (Pena) has hit the ball hard all year. I was grateful he did it again.
game next throw week
No. That's just one of those things about the game that's weird. One week you can not have it and the next week you come out and throw well.
energy happy sixth sure work
I wanted to make sure I got my work in today. I'm happy I got through five. My energy went in that sixth inning.
best coaches root
I try not to think about it too much. I root for my teammates, try to do the best I can and let the coaches make the decisions.
came execute plain swinging tried
They came out swinging from the get-go. I didn't execute my pitches, plain and simple. I didn't have it today. I tried to battle.
execute felt game good
You can never tell if you're going to have a good game like this. I felt like I was able to execute my pitches.
honor oldest
It would be an honor. This is the oldest franchise.
neat
That's going to be really neat to see.
attacking couple great guy guys night past sit struggled threw throw trying watch
You're always trying to one-up the guy that threw the night before. It's great to be able to sit back and watch the guys do their thing - get outs and throw well. It's something we've struggled with the past couple years, and we just have to go out and keep attacking the opposing hitters.