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
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.
pitches
I still made pitches when I had to.
behind count early hard night pitches
I stunk. I got behind in the count early all night long and made it hard for myself. I didn't make the pitches when I had to.
fastball good hitting locate pitches speed today white
Today I could locate all my off speed pitches for strikes, I wanted to keep the White Sox off balance, ... I know they are a good hitting fastball team.
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.
couple felt left pitches
I felt good. I just left a couple pitches up.
bad couple exactly good pitches sixth
Through five, I did exactly what I wanted to do with most of the pitches. In the sixth inning, just made a couple bad pitches to some good hitters. That was it.
good needed pitches throw
I was able to throw everything for strikes, ... I was able to make pitches when I needed to. It was a good day.
good since
I've said it since I've been here. If you keep this lineup close, good things will happen.
lies win
I see what lies ahead, ... It's win or go home.
opportunity stay
I see opportunity here. I want to stay here.
best joking relate serious tremendous
Especially his personality and the way he can relate to you, not necessarily in a serious way, but kind of joking around, it was a tremendous help. For me, as a catcher, he's the best one I've ever pitched to.
game last leading lost people playoff playoffs remember sent team win
Everything leading up to this (start), it matters, ... But it doesn't when you're in the playoffs and it's win or go home. Nothing else matters. You don't want the last thing people remember you by (is) you lost the playoff game and your team got sent home.
best everybody game knows playoffs start week
Everybody knows that each game is huge, ... Our playoffs start now. They probably started a week ago, so we have to make the best of each day.