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
clear couple days today tomorrow
He can use a couple of days -- today and tomorrow -- to clear his head.
belongs eye feels knowing people seen
He comes in knowing people like him and he has something to offer. I haven't seen this look in his eye before, he feels like he belongs here.
chance likes maybe might relief team thinks
He likes the relief role. Maybe he thinks he has a better chance of making the team that way, but he might want to think about that a little deeper.
knows needs work
He knows there's some things he still needs to work on.
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.
breaking goes last throw
If that goes well, we're probably going to take the wraps off and let him throw the breaking ball, which is the last step.
along hitters mistakes pitches pitching
He was cruising along and pitching really well. He just made some mistakes with pitches and the hitters hit them.
coming good quality strikes throwing track
He was up with some pitches. He had been throwing quality strikes down. He was coming off some good outings. With young pitchers, the more you get out there, the better your track record.
coming outside park
He's coming from probably the most hitter-friendly park outside of Colorado, so this is an upgrade.
along capable catching closer further lately liked position process showing
He's come on here lately and he's getting closer to being in a position of showing us what he is capable of. We would have liked to see him be a little further along when he got here, but he is in the process of catching up.
bet hits somebody strikes walks
He's a young pitcher. He's going to have hiccups, but stuff-wise he has been very impressive. He's going to give up some hits here. I bet he walks somebody and I bet he strikes somebody out.
confident good matter needs serve
I feel confident we'll be able to serve our needs with what we have here. It's just a matter of sorting it all out. We've assembled some good candidates.
february looking
I can tell you what we're looking at right now on February 20-whatever, but that will change. There's a long way to go.
concerned doctor weather
Frankly, I'm concerned about it but we're going to let the doctor look at it and see if there's anything there. I don't know how much was the (cold) weather and how much was something else.