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
pitch walk
Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?
months needed seen three
I've been here three months and I've seen just about everything I needed to see.
benefit command far giving guys maintain needed pitch
There were some things we needed him to do as far as his conditioning. We needed him to maintain his stuff, which he has. But his command has not been good. We're kind of giving him the benefit of the doubt. A lot of times, big-league guys go to Triple-A and don't pitch that well. We need him to give us a lift. He's a big-league guy.
command good matter needed sure time tough
Health-wise, the other day it was good, but his command was not close. It was not good as we needed it to be. We just want to make sure when he comes up here he is not going to get hammered. It doesn't matter how good you throw, if you don't have your location, you're going to have a tough time getting through an inning in this league.
clicking confidence experience games good struggle winning
This is a good experience for them. Everything isn't clicking just yet, but they'll be a part of a lot of winning games someday. They're young guys. They struggle with their confidence sometimes.
words
He understands that he wasn't ready. Those were his words to me.
quite
Quite honestly, I think that is a long shot.
glad good
They were really good and we were really bad. I'm glad we got that one out of the way early.
affects depending
It affects it a lot, depending when he can comeback. If he would come back tomorrow, which isn't going to be the case, there's no issue.
lower
It's stiffness in his lower back, no big deal.
dwell evaluate guys home mirror move next terms themselves
In terms of our record, that's just something we have to live with and move on. We can't dwell on it. Some of the guys should feel good, some of them shouldn't feel so hot. If they go home and look in the mirror and evaluate themselves the way they should, we should be much better next year.
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.
learning
I like his stuff, but he's still learning how to pitch.
threw
Howell was awesome. He threw everything pretty much where he wanted to,