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
tendency
That's always been my tendency the first inning of spring.
added amount anybody brought excitement fun guys half limit matter prove results second seen team
I think when you can limit the amount of transactions, ... get some camaraderie in the clubhouse, I think anybody who has seen us in the first half and the second half can tell we're having a lot more fun. We brought in some guys who added some excitement and some enthusiasm. And we're still learning. ... For us I just think it's a matter of having something to prove and having some fun with it. The results show and it's fun to be a part of this team the second half.
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.
best last scared year
Last year I was scared. I was very scared because I didn't know what it was. This is best for the team.
except felt good groove height pitches three using walks
I went out there and felt good. Everything was going good there for a while. For me to be successful, I have to keep it down, using my height to my advantage. Today, three pitches got up and they made me pay. For the most part, I was in the groove except for those three pitches and two walks to Wilkinson. That's being too fine.
advantage cut hurt mistakes three took walks
It was kind of cut and dry. Three mistakes I made that were up and two walks that hurt me. They took advantage of my mistakes.
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,
against aggressive couple fine good line swings tried
I tried to get too fine. Derek had a couple of good swings against me. It's that fine line between being aggressive and being picky.
advantage cut dried good hurt mistakes runs score three took
It was kind of a cut and dried game. Three mistakes and two walks. That's what hurt me and they're a good team. They score runs in bunches and they took advantage of my mistakes.