Aaron Harang Quotations

With the offense we have, all you have to worry about is (making) your pitches. We know the offense is going to score.

We had a very efficient spring. We came in, we took care of business, we got our work done and we got out of there. It makes you want to work harder to get it right from the get-go. If we get it right, we're going to be done with our work and get out of there.

I was rushing on some of them, but it's been a week and a half since I've thrown.

I feel good. I didn't throw a lot of pitches in my last start. I feel comfortable about being able to go (Sunday). I've done it a couple of times in the minor leagues when I've been up or down a level. It won't affect how I approach the game.

I get excited. I just don't show a lot of emotion. But I'm happy to get a win, especially against those guys. Tough game yesterday.

I get excited. I just don't show a lot of emotion.

Jerry seems like an old-school baseball guy. He likes the hard-nosed, go get 'em attitude.

I was getting them to hit the ball on the ground. Edwin picked me up, made about four or five good plays for me. Those plays come up key getting you out of an inning.

I think of myself more as a control pitcher. I can get it up in the mid-90s every once in a while, but I just try to change speeds and hit my spots.

That's a very tough lineup, and anybody in it can hurt you. I executed my pitches and had good defense behind me. You can never tell warming up whether you're going to have a good game like that.

Those are three of the toughest outs in baseball.

You can never tell if you're going to have a good game like this. I felt like I was able to execute my pitches.

It would be an honor. This is the oldest franchise.

The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half of the plate. That's his power zone. Give him credit. He's fast, and he's out there trying to get on base, but he can hit for power.

That's going to be really neat to see.

You're always trying to one-up the guy that threw the night before. It's great to be able to sit back and watch the guys do their thing - get outs and throw well. It's something we've struggled with the past couple years, and we just have to go out and keep attacking the opposing hitters.

It's an honor for anybody to get the ball the first game of the season. I'm excited about it. I'm going to go out there and try to keep my composure. I know the adrenaline is going to be going.

It?s an honor for anybody to get the ball for the first game of the season. I know the adrenaline is going to be going. The fans are so intense, especially on opening day, it?s a whole different atmosphere. The whole city takes it very personal.

It's an honor for anybody, especially here, the oldest franchise in major league baseball.

It's the oldest franchise in Major League Baseball. For anybody to get that Opening Day start, it's an honor. But I'm going to go out and get ready for the season, build up some innings and get my arm in shape this spring.

It's already feeling better than it did a couple of days ago. That's a positive.

It's something we're going to try, because you never know. I mean, during the season, it could come up where you've got a runner on second and third or first and second, with two outs, and you've been struggling to get out of the inning, and a guy kind of gets lazy off second base - boom, pick him off, inning over.

The biggest thing is everybody has to be consistent. We had some ups and downs last year. Guys are coming in early, getting ready for the season. We've got some veteran guys to fill in the bullpen. Starters have to step up and get us through six or seven innings and give our bullpen a chance to finish it.

The best place to work on it is down here. What it does is, it gets you in a habit and gets your comfort level with doing something new.

No. That's just one of those things about the game that's weird. One week you can not have it and the next week you come out and throw well.

I wanted to make sure I got my work in today. I'm happy I got through five. My energy went in that sixth inning.

I try not to think about it too much. I root for my teammates, try to do the best I can and let the coaches make the decisions.

They came out swinging from the get-go. I didn't execute my pitches, plain and simple. I didn't have it today. I tried to battle.

The fans are enthusiastic, so it's fun to come here and play well. The Cubs have hit me before, but tonight I threw strikes and the guys played defense behind me. And he (Pena) has hit the ball hard all year. I was grateful he did it again.

I'm just trying not to throw a lot of pitches and keep my team in the game as long as possible. I've just been trying to get out of my starts with minimum damage. Even when you don't have your best stuff, pitching is about getting out of tough situations without your best stuff.

I hit it off the end of the bat. I hurt my hands.

I hope I get to meet him. I might be getting ready for the game. I'll do what I can to meet him.

I just kept the ball down on the ground and made good pitches. I was getting behind on counts, but I sat back and went to make the best pitch possible to get out of those jams.

I ran out of juice. I've fighting a bug the last couple of days.

He can fly. It was a flash of green running around the bases.

The inning just didn't go our way. A lot of things happened I wished that didn't happen. It's one where you have to bite your lip and do as much as you can.