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
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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.
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Henry had a great day. I'm glad he had a good day, especially after his birthday.
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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.
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Three-hundred items is a very simple, straightforward thing to do. I knew what was being said here was extremely complicated and extremely lengthy.
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I was out of sync, ... I felt out of sync all day. I never was able to get into a groove, for whatever reason -- I don't know. The ball never felt comfortable coming out of my hand today. My breaking ball was awful. Some days you show up and for whatever reason it doesn't line up.
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I've represented the country twice and played on two USA teams. It's a great experience, it's an awesome experience. You can't describe it from an athletic standpoint.
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It was unfortunate that it had come to this. I'm satisfied with the fact I was able to tell my side of the story.
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He started out not very sharp and he had 37 pitches in the first inning, ... That's almost three innings worth and we were debating whether or not to send him out in the seventh or not but he wanted to pitch and he ended the game strong.
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Again, I apologize to them. I wish this never did happen.
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It's not about personal achievements or personal wins, it's about winning as a team. We haven't won as many games as we would like as team,
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I had been feeling good all spring. I don't know how else to put it. If they knew what I had, I wish they would tell me what I supposedly had and we could do something about it.
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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.
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I've been on throwing programs before, but this one is a little more structured, trying to build up arm strength. I'm doing extended amounts of sets, throwing 20-25 at a certain distance and then taking a little break and going back a little bit farther. I think I'm responding to it well. We talked about it last year, that's how it would be - take it a little bit slower or a little bit more methodical.