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
angle felt good guy mitt nice start
It felt a little awkward. But it was good to get up there and to start working to try to get down there on a nice angle and see a guy with a catcher's mitt and get after it.
ball breaking clicking command early fastball good needed reason whatever
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.
birthday glad good great henry
Henry had a great day. I'm glad he had a good day, especially after his birthday.
feeling good knew supposedly wish
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.
accept attention enemies four good learned personally pitch respect responsibility scrutiny understand
He's made some enemies in this clubhouse, for good or for bad. What I've learned in the four years is I don't take anything personally anymore. I respect the attention I get, and understand the scrutiny I'm under. I accept it and I'll go with it and take that responsibility and go out and pitch this year.
player parent good-person
My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.
rumors short
There have been a lot of rumors in my short career.
I have been told to keep it open-ended, don't set myself up.
mechanics simple
I don't know what adjustments I could make. My mechanics to me are about as simple as you could get.
ball felt surprised throwing
I was really surprised because of the way I felt throwing. I felt like I was throwing the ball well.
bad ball ground looking took
I got what I was looking for ? a ground ball ? and unfortunately, it took a bad hop.
bag ball cover few focused huge last mistakes obviously parts pitchers spring sure threw wrong
We made a lot of mistakes as pitchers last year. We didn't cover the bag at first a few times, threw the ball to the wrong bases. I think we all need to make sure we're focused this spring on doing the things we need to get better at. They're small, but obviously very huge parts of the game.
bad ball ground looking took
I was probably a little tired. I was looking for a ground ball and I got it and it took a bad hop.
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.