Rich Harden
Rich Harden
James Richard "Rich" Hardenis a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He has pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball...
iron
You did see a little of everything. That's why I need more games. I still have to iron out some mechanics. That's the big thing.
bit games
You did see a little bit of everything. That's why I just need to get in more games, because simulated games are completely different.
last struggling tired
I think that was big. I'd been struggling getting through the last inning. Usually I get tired and get wild.
bust carrying great knew sooner start
He's kind of been carrying us so far. He's such a great hitter, you knew he'd bust out with a big start sooner or later.
easy last likes pitcher tired
I don't think any pitcher really likes those situations, but I wouldn't want everything to be easy during spring. I still need to get my endurance. I was real tired that last inning.
eating finally normally past regular routine side three throwing tuesday work
I was throwing up all day Tuesday and Wednesday. I've been eating normally the past three days. Now I can finally get into my regular routine of long toss, side work and lifting.
goes hopefully next outing pitch shut
I was getting pretty frustrated, ... I'd go out and have to shut it down. Hopefully my next outing goes well and then I can think about where I will pitch when I come back.
falling hit mound offense puts shutting team walk work
I was falling off the mound a little bit. I was inconsistent. One hitter, I'd hit my spots. Then, suddenly, I'd walk a guy. As a staff, we've got to work on shutting down the other team after the offense puts up some runs.
definitely felt good
It felt really good actually, ... It was definitely a positive.
felt good overall shoulder stronger work
It felt good to get back out there finally, ... Overall I was a little stronger than I expected. I did a lot of strengthening work on my shoulder with the trainers.
excited great rotation
I think everyone is pretty excited about the way the rotation looks. It's pretty amazing, 1 through 5. It's going to be great to see what we can do together.
against best coming good losing playing teams
That was interesting. I didn't like losing that at-bat, but I had to keep going and keep making my pitches. ... It's a pretty good feeling, coming out and playing like that against one of the best teams in baseball.
couple five funny happy job seven unless
I don't like going that short. It's funny. A couple years ago, I would have been happy to go that far. It was always five innings, no more. Now, I don't feel like I did my job unless I go six, seven innings.
definitely felt
I felt really good, actually. It was definitely positive.