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Oakland hurler Rich Harden getting A's on his development; lean right-hander filled a pitching vacancy for the Athletics with his lively stuff and his desire to get better.
DURING THE 2004 ALL-STAR break, a young right-hander went home to Canada to reenergize and find himself.
Rich Harden, then 22, began his first full major league season in frustrating fashion. Harden had gone 3-5 with a 4.52 earned run average for the Oakland Athletics before returning to Victoria, British Columbia to spend time with his father, a high school baseball coach.
"For some reason, I always seem to figure something out when I go home," said Harden, now 24. "Everything just kind of clicked for me."
Once the break ended, Harden did more than reverse his fortunes. He became one of the American League's most formidable ...
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