Mark Prior
Mark Prior
Mark William Prioris an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Chicago Cubs from 2002 to 2006 in a career that was marred by injuries. His repertoire of pitches included a mid-90s mph fastball, a curveball, a slurve, and a changeup. He is currently working in the front office of the San Diego Padres Organization...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 September 1980
CitySan Diego, CA
believe fans people problem respected stone sure
I have never had a problem with Stone and don't believe he has a problem with me. I'm sure he's doing his job. He can say what he likes. He's well respected by fans and a lot of people in baseball.
ball coming felt synch
I felt out of synch all day. The ball never felt comfortable coming out of my hand.
healthy prove
I feel the same as I always do. I don't feel like I have to go out there and try to prove that I'm healthy or do anything out of the ordinary.
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I feel good. I like the way we've progressed and built it up. It's more volume to build up arm strength and then start getting into the other pitches. In the past, I've gone through my fastball bullpens and then I start mixing in breaking balls. I like the way we're going about it and I like the way I'm throwing the ball.
built
I feel good. I like the way we've progressed and built it up. ... I like the way we're going about it.
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I didn't have good command of my breaking ball or my fastball tonight. For whatever reason, things weren't clicking early on when I needed it.
anybody win
It's not like it snuck up on anybody that they were going to win the division.
nice personal winning wins
It's nice but it's not about personal achievements or personal wins -- it's about winning as a team,
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It's a cool idea, ... A lot of them come from the inner city or broken families where they might not get an education or be able to afford an education. They're not just taken away from their parents -- their parents are involved. There's one home for girls and two for boys, and they have a graduate student or social worker there who are like houseparents.
eyes looked matter second stuff
What he said didn't matter as much as how he looked. His stuff and his eyes looked like he was still in the second inning.
threw
I threw a lot in the first inning,
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This is his job. I respect the fact he wants to come back for the last two or three weeks of the season. He's worked hard to come back. Anything is possible. If he comes to the plate three or four times a game, he's going to have an impact on the game.
jumping
This is probably the one town, the one city, where you can never say they're jumping on the bandwagon. They're awesome. They're pretty remarkable.
came jim looking trade validate
Jim (Hendry) never came out and said, 'We're looking to trade him,' so I don't really validate any of the rumors.