Buddy Bell
Buddy Bell
David Gus "Buddy" Bellis an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseballcurrently serving as vice president and assistant general manager for the Chicago White Sox. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Cincinnati Reds, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each. He was a five-time MLB All-Star and won six consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Awards from 1979–84. He is...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 August 1951
nice weekend
It was nice to come back here and do that after the weekend we had in Cleveland.
bad error fact spring training
The fact we made only one error is not bad for a Spring Training game.
bad days serious sure
I'm not sure how serious it is. Hopefully, it's not as bad as the one in Arizona, when he was out 10 days or something.
lower
It's stiffness in his lower back, no big deal.
attention command deal dealing delivery far lack pay pitchers rangers repeat week
I think all their command was off, which is pretty typical. We're going to have to deal with lack of command for a while, as most of the Rangers pitchers were dealing with it, too. I don't pay much attention to it. Having them to be able to repeat their delivery is going to take some time. As far as results, I don't pay a whole lot of attention the first week to 10 days.
chance gets gives great innings
I thought Scotty battled pretty well today. I don't think he had his great stuff, but he kind of does what he always does -- he gets through innings and gives us a chance to win.
against guy losing streak whether winning
Whether you've got an eight-game winning streak or an eight-game losing streak going, when you go against a guy like him, you'll probably lose.
ball call elementary mike perspective stayed time umpire
My perspective on that was I don't think the call was made correctly. My perspective was if it's a catch, the ball would have stayed in his glove. It's pretty elementary for me. He (plate umpire Mike Winters) called me nuts. It's not the first time I've been called that.
against best chances early good quite seen throw
We had a lot of chances early against a good pitcher, but we just couldn't get anything done. That is the best I have seen (Jose) Contreras throw in quite a while.
behind consistent early game offensive seems
It seems like every game we play we get behind early and we just can't -- we don't have any kind of consistent offensive attack.
bat night quotes repeat swing yesterday
I just repeat myself every night -- take my quotes from yesterday and write them down again. This is the big leagues, and my gosh, you have to swing the bat better than that.
We are just going through one of those spells.
character fits good guys looking player understand
From what I understand he pretty much fits the kind of player we're looking for -- good character and he's talented, and we can use as many of those kind of guys as we can get,