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
early hurt team
Hopefully, it won't be that much of an impact, but for the team chemistry, it could hurt a little bit, especially early in the season.
hopefully impressed opportunity
He's young, he's going to get better, and hopefully he's going to have the opportunity. I was very impressed with him.
good hard imagine season spring starting sure team training
I know he's a little frustrated, but I can't imagine starting the season without Miguel Tejada. He's going to be very hard to replace. He's a team leader, a good player. I'm pretty sure he's going to be back. Once spring training starts, I'm sure he'll be OK.
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.
feels great hard help kept team
I made a lot of stops, but I always think positive. That's what kept me going. It just feels great that I can come here and help. It was hard for me before, but I always thought I was going to be find a place and help that team win.
best chance decision doubt players ready
If Mariano were here there's no doubt that we would have had a much better chance to win. But Mariano made a decision and he isn't here, and we were ready to do our best with the players we have.
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.
basically change deep eight everybody helps pitch strike wants
It helps that I know him. He doesn't want you to go out there and strike everybody out. He wants you to go deep in the game, pitch down and away and change speeds. That's basically my game. I'm not going to strike everybody out, but I can go seven, eight innings.
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.
small
They do the small things that need to be done to win.
best felt games
This is one of the best games I've ever felt and pitched. I just felt like I was on.
came felt game seemed time won
Actually, I felt like if they didn't have him, we would have won that game because . . . it seemed like every time he came up to the plate, he was part of the rally.
anybody close decide double game hit home leave middle pitch run trying
The game was so close, I don't think anybody was trying to hit anybody or put anybody on base. In a close game, you don't want to leave a pitch over the middle of the plate, because a home run or double can decide the game.