Mark Prior Ball Quotations

I was really surprised because of the way I felt throwing. I felt like I was throwing the ball well.

I got what I was looking for ? a ground ball ? and unfortunately, it took a bad hop.

We made a lot of mistakes as pitchers last year. We didn't cover the bag at first a few times, threw the ball to the wrong bases. I think we all need to make sure we're focused this spring on doing the things we need to get better at. They're small, but obviously very huge parts of the game.

I didn't have good command of my breaking ball or my fastball tonight. For whatever reason, things weren't clicking early on when I needed it.

I felt out of synch all day. The ball never felt comfortable coming out of my hand.

I was out of sync, ... I felt out of sync all day. I never was able to get into a groove, for whatever reason -- I don't know. The ball never felt comfortable coming out of my hand today. My breaking ball was awful. Some days you show up and for whatever reason it doesn't line up.

I was probably a little tired. I was looking for a ground ball and I got it and it took a bad hop.