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...
felt good left
I left it right over the plate. Other than that, I felt pretty good about my night.
best came either gave good left pitches speed swing time trouble
Every time I gave up a run, we came back and got a run. That was huge. I didn't have my best stuff. I was making pitches with my fastball. I was having a little trouble with my off speed pitches. Either they weren't good enough to swing at or they were too good, and I left them up.
excited later left needed pitches start threw
That's not what I wanted to do in my first start and my first inning. I was a little excited and just needed to get through that. I threw too many pitches and that killed me later in the game. I had nothing left at the end of the game.
against competing starters
In a way, all the starters are kind of competing against each other.
happy help love talk
It's something to talk about. Any way that I can come back and help out the team. If it's the 'pen, I'd be happy doing that. I'd love to start, but ...
love
It's something I would love to do, but I don't know if they'll let it happen.
extend soon throw trying
It's not good. As soon as I started trying to throw changeups and really extend the arm, I could feel it. Hopefully, it doesn't put me back too far.
great huge step
Once I get out there, it will be a huge step for me. It will be great to get that first one out of the way.
pounds season stayed sure time
I'm down to 191 pounds. I'd like to get to 196-198 by the time the season starts. I was 197 before I got sick. It sure stayed with me awhile. To me, getting back to around 197 pounds is a big deal.
crazy drive
I'm going to drive myself crazy if I do that, ... You never know how you're going to feel.
pitch ready
I'm just not ready to come back and pitch yet.
days feeling four last overall ready start three
The last three or four days I've been feeling a lot better. I was a little unsure, at the start of the spring, how I'd feel, but overall I feel great. ... One more start and I'm ready to go.
bound possibly trying wrong
Everything that could possibly go wrong did. Things are going well for us, so something like that was bound to happen. Everything I was trying to do, they were right on it.
baseball chance dream game hold lightly love pitch possible ready represent shape start throwing trust
There's no possible way I'd be ready to pitch (in the World Baseball Classic). Trust me, I'd love to have the chance to represent my country, that's everyone's dream to hold the flag. But I would have had to start throwing by mid-December to be in game shape by then and I've just started to throw lightly now.