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
country family jersey owe panama playing represent united wear
It was very important for me to play in this tournament. I feel like I owe it to my country. I have been playing in the United States, and I have been doing good. But for me to represent my country and wear the Panamanian jersey makes my family and my friends back in Panama very proud.
impressed team tried
I was very impressed with the way they played, because they play as a team. They do the little things, and they tried to win. They tried everything for the team to win.
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.
confident felt walked
I was very confident with my fastball. I felt if I walked him I'm out of the game.
I think if they play more at this level, they're going to get better.
aircraft aspect decided studying type
We haven't decided on the aircraft type or the amount. We're studying every aspect of the issue.
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.
fine major opportunity
If they give him an opportunity to be in the big leagues, he's going to be a fine major leaguer. He's young. He's going to get better and, hopefully, he's going to have the opportunity.
felt glad good helped needed ninth stuff team
I did want to go out there for the ninth inning. I had good stuff and I felt like I could have done it, but I'm just glad I helped this team win. We really needed a win.
country excited good hot loved opportunity panama people possible represent team win
I loved it, I really did. It was an opportunity to go back and represent my country. People in Panama are very excited about it and think we have a very good team -- some think we're going to win it all. It's going to be tough, but anything is possible in baseball. We could have a good team or be hot and things can happen.
felt mistake paid
I felt like I made one mistake and paid for it.
obviously
We won, so obviously I feel very good.
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.