Dan Haren went all-in on Twitter on Monday afternoon. The former pitcher for the Athletics, Diamondbacks, Angels and a billion other teams was riding an exercise bike and was bored, therefore decided to spill the beans on some hilarious aspects from his 13-year career.
Enjoy:
I’m on an exercise bike, bored, so here are some things about my baseball career that come to mind……
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I went into almost every start the last few years thinking… How the hell am I gonna get these guys out — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
There’s was atleast 3-4 times I thought the team plane was gonna crash.
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I would count out the days about a month in advance to see if I was gonna pitch in Coors field. — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
One of my favorite moment ever was hitting a homer off Chris carpenter. I took my time running the bases.
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I gave up 11 runs in Toronto and got the win one time. — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I had to take Imodium most days I pitched to plug myself up.
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
My only superstition was to make sure I had 2 glasses of wine the night before I pitched. This ties in with the Imodium, — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I gave up so many homers cause I didn’t wanna walk people. That and cause I threw 85 mph meatballs sometimes.
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
Why the hell did Bj Upton hit so many homers off me….. This probably ties into the last tweet as well. I did much better facing Melvin — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
I only hit like 5-7 people on purpose.
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
My threat to retire didn’t quite work last offseason — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
Sometimes when the count was 3-1, I would just throw it down the middle and hope for the best. People pop up in batting practice right
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
Ok I’m done with the bike, time to go lift Bi’s and tri’s. #retiredlife — dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
When your 1st baseman is pushing 300lb’s, you gotta bust your ass over. https://t.co/yFvxO2J2lJ
— dan haren (@ithrow88) January 4, 2016
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