It's been a long, hard season for Harden. In April, he was the only Texas starter who seemed to have exhibited the ability to get pitches by major league hitters for season after season. If he could consistently have hitters swing at those pitches ....
John Daniels is amazing. If you had told me before the season that Harden, Davis, Smoak and Feldman were going to suck like Brahman calves and Holland would be injured or in the minors most of the year I'd have held out little hope for a winning record, much less winning the west and our first two playoff games.