Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Allan Hendricksonis an American former baseball and basketball player. Hendrickson was a pitcher in Major League Baseballand played power forward in the National Basketball Associationand Continental Basketball Association. He is one of just 12 athletes to play in both MLB and the NBA...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 June 1974
settled
I settled down a bit. I was a little more comfortable.
five hardest innings team
Probably the hardest five innings I've ever pitched. That was probably more the team that I'm used to facing.
air coming few importance picked start towards trying urgency
There's a little sense of urgency coming towards the end of the season, with everything up in the air contract-wise, ... I think with the importance of every start going in, trying to be a little more focused, I've picked up on a few things that can be helpful.
assistance buy four government help house needed somewhere sudden
Someone who could buy a house four years ago without any government assistance all of a sudden needed $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 of help from somewhere to buy a house.
bullpen came good settled victory
The bullpen did a good job, came in and settled things down. And we came away with another good victory.
aggressive burn fine letting line
That's what makes their lineup so tough. It's such a fine line between being aggressive with them and not letting them burn you.
best good team teams test
We have a young team and a lot to prove. It's a good test for us to play the best teams in the American League.
adjust deal learn workouts
I don't know if it's ever going to go away. It's just something I'm going to have to learn to deal with and adjust my workouts accordingly.
finish focus start
Hopefully, I can keep this going. I've got one more start to finish up strong, and that's where my focus is.
hope shut team
I hope what he did doesn't get forgotten, because when you shut a team down you're doing something right.
crosses help looks movement
How it looks to a hitter, the movement as it crosses the plate. That could help a pitcher.
competing good perspective view
It's always good to get their perspective, a different view point. They're the one's we're competing against.
across alignment best blessing body free happened life looking pitches threw
It's going to be a blessing for me. What I'm finding, because I threw across my body, I never could free up my arm. My pitches have more life to them now than they ever had. And if I do get out of alignment a little bit, I can feel it. It's the best thing that ever happened to me. That's the way I'm looking at it.
stretched
It was more important for me to get stretched out.