Bruce Chen
Bruce Chen
Bruce Kastulo Chenis a Panamanian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians from 1998 to 2015...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 June 1977
couple glad good happened late left pitches rather spring
I left a couple of fastballs up and I didn't make good pitches in the right situations. ... I'm glad it happened now, rather than late in the spring or in the (regular) season.
anymore business flights full kinds last left seats
Business is much better than last year, because there are no restrictions anymore on the kinds of passengers. All flights are full in economy, and there are only some seats left in first class.
couple five guys helped hit knew runs second teammates three walked
I got wild, walked a couple of guys and hit a guy and they only got three runs, ... When we scored five runs in the second inning, that really helped me. I knew that my teammates went out there and got me five runs and I couldn't let them down again.
disrupt expected guys harmony miss worries
A lot of our guys are going over there to play. It can disrupt the harmony of the team. Some of them play for Venezuela, Dominican. They are expected to go far. We are going to miss some of those guys. That's the thing that most worries me right now.
confident felt walked
I was very confident with my fastball. I felt if I walked him I'm out of the game.
couple obviously river shut situation
If Mariano River would have been pitching, I think we would have been able to win. Mariano Rivera, obviously in a situation where we scored, we would have been able to shut them out for a couple of innings.
gets great impressed job opportunity
I was very impressed with him. If he ever gets the opportunity to play in the big leagues, I feel he would do a great job at that level.
obviously
We won, so obviously I feel very good.