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
catch extremely good guys hot pitch reason
We didn't catch these guys at a real good time. You know what? We didn't pitch very well, and a big, big reason for that is they've got some guys who are extremely hot right now.
building chemistry group mainly simplify stay trying work
We're not trying to make a lot of changes. We're mainly trying to simplify things and work on building chemistry in the clubhouse. This group is pretty well low-maintenance. For the most part I've just been trying to stay out of the way.
next nice
When we do things like that we don't usually come back. So it was nice to come back, especially in that next inning.
cautious hoping starters
We're hoping our starters give us more innings. All indications are they will. We want to be cautious with our bullpen.
baseball heart games
It's amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain
quite throwing woody
Woody wasn't throwing at him. But, quite frankly, Doug did what he had to do to keep things from escalating.
care few personal rather sooner taking
We have no idea when he's going to be back. Hopefully, it will be sooner rather than later. He's taking care of a few things, and I can't really say any more than that. It's a personal matter.
We have some depth. It just makes it that much more competitive. There are a lot of openings.
advantage best guy saw took top
I don't think we saw Schilling at his best tonight. But we took advantage of it and that's what we have to do when a guy like that is not at the top of his game.
regular run
If this was the regular season, he'd play. But I don't want it to run into the season.
beginning coming good seems talk
He seems to be doing better. He's beginning to talk about coming back. That's a good sign.
committed continue count decent himself looks needs seems work year
He seems committed to getting himself in decent shape. Health-wise he looks good. He needs to continue to work on his conditioning, so we can count on him being there all year long.
dropping few pounds starting ways
He's dropping a few pounds and starting to look better. He's got a ways to go.
grown seems
His tempo, his motions, everything. It just seems like he's grown up.