Buck Showalter
Buck Showalter
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter IIIis an American Major League Baseballmanager for the Baltimore Orioles. He has previously served as manager of the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Texas Rangers. He is also formerly a professional baseball player and a television analyst for ESPN...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 May 1956
CityDe Funiak Springs, FL
face tying
I wasn't going to let him face the tying run.
beauty both certainly conditions teams tough
It certainly wasn't a thing of beauty. But the conditions were tough and both teams used a lot of young players.
club count days elbow few josh reported until velocity wrong
His velocity was down yesterday, but he didn't tell us anything was wrong until this morning, when he reported elbow soreness. Don't count Josh out yet. Hopefully, in a few days he'll be back with the club and this will all be over.
good guys sit talk ups
Knuckleball guys are going to have their ups and downs. This was a down for R.A., who's had some good ones for us. We'll sit down and talk about it.
consistent hitter throughout
He's been such a consistent hitter throughout his career. He can take a mulligan, but he doesn't.
baseman clinic five four game good hank plays third win
Hank put on a clinic at third base. We don't win that game if Hank doesn't have that day today. He made four or five plays that were as good as a third baseman can make.
fun gary good guys
Our guys had a lot of fun tonight. I thought we got good at-bats and Gary (Matthews) had a big one for us.
challenges driven kevin lets mentally needs physical pick runs situations stay stayed
He needs to stay mentally strong. Kevin has driven in some big runs but he lets some situations get away that he needs to pick up. He's had some physical challenges but he stayed on the field.
knows needs work
He knows there's some things he still needs to work on.
nice safety seven spring weeks
It's always nice to have a safety valve. We'll see where we are at the end of Spring Training. Six, seven weeks here -- a lot can happen.
returns stay
You stay with it. But at some point, you have to get returns for the opportunities they are given.
continues stay
I'd like to stay away from it. If it continues to be a problem, though, it's something we'll have to look at.
approaches gets guy joy return
The more return a guy like him gets for the way he approaches things, the more joy you get from it,
admiration frame great guys impatient mind season spot
They're an impatient group, and I say that with admiration. Mentally, our guys are in a great spot and a great frame of mind about what they want to get out of this season as individuals, and more importantly, as a team.