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
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.
anyone interest settled stuff
There's a lot of stuff that would have to be settled out before anyone has interest in him.
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,
certainly position produces strong top
That's what you want to see at the top of the lineup. Plus, the position is changing, especially in the American League, to one that produces runs. He certainly is a strong candidate.
returns stay
You stay with it. But at some point, you have to get returns for the opportunities they are given.
al couple decide fort guys hold players speed willing
You need to look at your lineup and decide how many guys you'll be willing to pinch-hit for in a game. You like to have speed on your bench, but in the AL you can have a more one-dimensional player, guys who can hold the fort and can play if one of your players is out for a couple of weeks.
best bit found game innings last
(Young) teetered a bit in the first, then found his step. He got better as the game went on. His best innings were his last two.
average five shake spots swayed teams trying
You probably average about five spots that teams are trying to shake out, where you can be swayed one way or another.
sit ways
There's a lot of different ways to do it. That's something we'll sit down and discuss.
days eighteen hate innings pitching staff survive
As a team, you just try to survive them because you hate what it does to your pitching staff a lot of times. Eighteen innings in a day with no off days around it are tough.
great obviously pitcher ran top
The big thing was Curt Schilling, he was obviously on top of his game. We ran into a great pitcher today. It's disappointing.
bad exciting happened liked obviously people time took top won
The big thing was Curt Schilling, he was obviously on top of his game. It's disappointing. A lot of people took time out of their day to be out here, and we would have liked to have won the game. It was a pretty exciting day. Only one bad thing happened today, and that's that we lost.
hoping
This could be long-term, but it could be a three-week thing. I'm still hoping for the best.
adam few pitches
Adam pitched well all considered. He just let a few pitches get away.