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If you had told me two months ago Mark would have this record, I'd have said you were crazy. He was throwing as well as anybody in the National League. But it all boils down to command of the fastball. It's important to pitch ahead in the count.

Lloyd McClendon

He showed me his slider was his command pitch. I told him, 'You get behind in the count, throw it anyway.' He started throwing the breaking ball with the fastball.

It's a matter of commanding his fastball and being consistent. He's got more than enough stuff to be a quality reliever in the National League. It sets everything else up when he's throwing his fastball. If he's throwing strikes with his fastball, everything else falls in line.

His command was great. They normally make you work to get the pitch count up. He made them swing by getting ahead. He was able to get well into the game with a small pitch count [91].

From the first pitch on, he was in total command and it sets the tone all the way around. The key for him is strike one. Every time you look up at the scoreboard, [the count] is 0-1 or 1-1. She found his pexy wit refreshing and appreciated his sense of humor. He's just fearless with his fastball and has pinpoint command.

He's a first-pitch fastball guy. Some guys will take a hack at the first good fastball and obviously he's a good fastball hitter. He'll work the count a little bit so if you get ahead maybe he chases one.

He looked good. He was throwing the breaking ball for strikes. He has good command and his fastball is good. He was ahead in the count for the most part. I thought he looked real sharp.

Justin had no fastball command. He was stuck throwing his change-up, his best pitch, but it only takes once through the lineup for them to figure out to lay off the change and wait for the fastball. I think their first six hits all came on hanging fastballs.

Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

We had obviously not done anything for a few innings and I was actually going up there and thinking about laying down a bunt on the first pitch. Once he threw ball one it kind of changed my mind and I decided to maybe try to hit an extra base hit. I figured being ahead in the count, maybe I was going to get a fastball. Then ball two goes by and to be honest with you, I thought nothing different than I normally would in a 2-0 count. (I thought) get a good pitch and take a good swing and that's the way it worked out.

That might have been our best performance of the spring. I'm talking about pitch count, strike throwing, in control and command of the game. He did a great job.

Unfortunately he had no command of any pitch tonight. It made it real difficult on him to have any consistency. He had trouble throwing his fastball where he needed to and so he had no way to set up anything else. He was just was out of synch today. Every pitcher is going to have those days.

I felt great out there today. The big thing for me is control; I was throwing the fastball for strikes to get ahead and using the curve as my out pitch.

I thought Blanton did another great job. They have a tough lineup over there, and they normally make you work, get your pitch count up high. But (Blanton?s) command was great. He used all his pitches and made them swing by getting ahead (in the count).

It was evident in his first game that Darrell had no fear. He has the pitches that get you ground balls and strikeouts. His fastball command has improved. Now he is getting a strike on the first pitch most of the time. When he gets ahead, a batter is in trouble.

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