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
ready rest
Hopefully, now he'll be ready for the rest of the year.
full happy people
If people tell me that Rudy will be full go by May 1, I'll be happy with that.
If you look for positives, some of the homers were solos, but I'm really reaching.
ball calm fun good putting seeing swings
He's seeing the ball well and putting a lot of good swings on the ball. It's a lot of fun to watch. He is very calm up there and has a good approach.
excited feeling guy help pain time
He's so excited about feeling no pain for the first time in so long, but he doesn't want to go back to that. This is a get-lucky guy. If this guy is right, he could really help us.
defense
He's just been tentative on defense with that leg.
bat
How are we going to find out if he can do it if we don't get him out there? ... This is a way to get his bat in the lineup and get him on the field.
ready thinks
He's ready to go. He thinks we're being too cautious.
anybody knows locker room
I don't think if you go in that locker room there would be anybody who even knows about that streak. But how about that pitching?
concerned good list mark ready special
He's a pretty special person, a pretty special player, in that order. When I go over a list to be concerned with, Mark being ready and being as good as he can be is not one.
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.
easy guys played season six trust
We've played six games. There's a lot of season left. It's very easy to trust these guys to come through.
clubs gave kenny pitchers surviving veteran
Two veteran pitchers surviving the heat. Kenny and Radke gave their clubs everything they had. That was impressive.
bad difference good news sent
The good news on C.J. is that he pitched real well. He was a real difference maker. The bad news is we sent him down, but he'll be back on Monday.