Shawn Chacon
Shawn Chacon
Shawn Anthony Chacónis an American retired professional baseball pitcher. He last played in Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros in 2008. During his career, he threw an 88–92 mph sinker, a big curveball, a slider, and a changeup...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 December 1977
CityAnchorage, AK
feeling olympics players speak team teams trying usa
I just got the feeling - and I'm not trying to speak for the Team USA players - that some of these other teams are a lot more into it. They really, really feel like it's the Olympics for them.
fastball help hitters position runners scoring throw
If I can throw my curveball and changeup in fastball counts, it's going to help me so much, especially when I have runners in scoring position because major-league hitters are aggressive, especially when there's runners on base,
bad
It was a bad day to have a bad day,
easier focus funny team
It's funny to say, but it's easier to focus on a team like this.
ahead defense letting pitches playing staying strikes throwing
I've been getting ahead of hitters, throwing all my pitches for strikes and really just staying aggressive, letting the defense play. That's something they've been doing is playing outstanding defense.
conditions constantly pitch pitcher rather
It wasn't that bad. I'd much rather pitch in these conditions than be a hitter. At least as a pitcher you're constantly moving.
bad great pitch
I didn't get the pitch where I wanted to. It wasn't that bad of a pitch, but he's a great hitter.
mess work
You've got a mess you made yourself. You've got to work out of it.
extremely face nervous sitting watching
I'm not nervous when I face anybody. I'm extremely nervous when I'm sitting down watching a game.
decent opportunity pitch pitching
I think getting out of there, ... and having an opportunity to pitch every day in a decent pitching environment, it helps. I'm not going to lie.
saw turned watched
Just getting ahead. I watched Smally do it all day yesterday, and I saw how that turned out for him.
command early good kept offense pitches runs
I had pretty good stuff. I had command of all my pitches and I kept them off balance. Our offense put up runs early and that made things easier.
field leave pitcher seen worse
I haven't ever seen a pitcher leave Coors Field and become a worse pitcher.
doubt hearing
Hearing that makes you feel good, no doubt,