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
cheated fans felt somewhat
I think the fans have felt somewhat cheated over the years. We have their attention. Now it's up to us to do something about it.
focused good knowing stay trying
Knowing what they can do, I was just trying to stay focused and make good pitches.
crosses help looks movement
How it looks to a hitter, the movement as it crosses the plate. That could help a pitcher.
stretched
It was more important for me to get stretched out.
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.
call press somebody turn
It was kind of a wake-up call for me when Lou told the press that if I didn't turn it around, they may find somebody else,
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.
areas call far good half happy last second struggle year
Last year was a struggle, as far as the first half and the second half. There's some areas I just wasn't too happy with it. I wouldn't call it, necessarily, a good year all around.
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.
boston carry october road spoil starting tonight
Now we just need to carry it back to the road starting tonight in Boston and do what we can to spoil people's October plans.
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.
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.
advantage mistakes pitches runs score three took
Three pitches got up and they made me pay. They score runs in bunches and took advantage of my mistakes.
everybody
We have everybody working today, around the clock.