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
best coming easy facility four games gets input key love people playing three tweak
With these new facilities, the key is how they look after three or four years. This place gets better every year. With their input and ours, we tweak things every year. It makes it easy to get 'B' games. People love coming here and playing 'B' games because we have the best 'B' game facility in baseball.
people struggle
We struggled. A lot of people struggle in Boston.
asks everybody good guy seems special style substance
He's as good as I've had. He's a special competitor. His substance is his style, his style isn't his substance. He's a guy that everybody asks about. They want to know if he's as good as he seems to be. He's better.
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.
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.
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.
difference guys hits limits maker turns
I wouldn't put any limits on him. He can be a difference maker defensively, one of those guys who turns hits into outs.
complement guy guys helps late managers obviously percentage present problems produce ways
He's a guy who has done it in the past. There's a lot of different ways to look at it, but it's what helps you produce runs. Obviously on-base percentage is something you look at, but there's a feel you get. What's the feel of the lineup? You see how guys complement each other and the problems you present other managers late in the game.
concern
There's a little concern about who's going to play first.
tough
Eraser is going to make it tough on us.
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.
anxiety behind feet knows
He's got some anxiety I'm sure, first game. I think he'll get better. He knows he has to be better. Hopefully, he'll get this one behind him and get his feet on the ground.
coming outside park
He's coming from probably the most hitter-friendly park outside of Colorado, so this is an upgrade.