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
capable matter
He's capable of doing the job. It's a matter of when, not if.
chest good morning walking
He's been walking around all morning with his chest puffed out. Good for him.
arm good impressive
He was pretty impressive out there. Good arm strength. Good stuff.
fine perfect physically
He's perfect to go. He's fine physically to go.
best held last
He held his stuff. His last two outings he had had his best fastball.
rethink
He has said he's comfortable being a reliever. I've told him he may want to rethink that.
balls flying gives gotten monitor reminder starting stay swelling takes
He had a little swelling starting there and that was a concern, but there wasn't anything he could say to stay in. We'll monitor him real closely, but I think we may have gotten real lucky. It gives you a reminder of what it takes to go out there. You're so close, and balls are flying off the bat.
everybody good last sleep tonight unlike
He had a good night's sleep last night, unlike everybody else. He made a lot of friends tonight with teammates, getting them on and off the field.
pitch point sixth
He had a blister that was heating up in the sixth inning. Hopefully, he'll get to the point where he can go another inning, but between the blister and his pitch count, we wanted to be careful.
field good hope start teammates tonight
He got us on and off the field tonight. He made a lot of friends out there with his teammates tonight. He's got some good things going his way. I hope tonight is the start of it.
good
He got some good counts, but just couldn't finish. This isn't where he's going to be.
along arm building count moved pitch process work
He got his work in and his pitch count up. He moved along the process of building arm strength.
bit challenged horse second wind
He got a second wind when we put up that five-spot. That challenged him to get back on the horse a little bit and he did.
action arm feels good
He feels good. He had good arm action, good stuff.