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
attack mark
Mark is going to attack anything he can to get better.
improved led mark
Mark has improved a lot more than we were led to expect.
grand happy last slam
I was happy with the outing, as I was with his last one. We had opportunities to make the grand slam not matter.
arm good impressive
He was pretty impressive out there. Good arm strength. Good stuff.
fine perfect physically
He's perfect to go. He's fine physically to go.
catch emergency rest
He could catch in an emergency now, but we'll rest him,
ability game league major season step win worked year
He can step back now and take the season as a whole and say 'This worked and this didn't'. This game is about wins, and he showed this year an ability to win at the major league level.
field level needs
He can play right field and at the level it needs to be played.
clear couple days today tomorrow
He can use a couple of days -- today and tomorrow -- to clear his head.
belongs eye feels knowing people seen
He comes in knowing people like him and he has something to offer. I haven't seen this look in his eye before, he feels like he belongs here.
chance likes maybe might relief team thinks
He likes the relief role. Maybe he thinks he has a better chance of making the team that way, but he might want to think about that a little deeper.
knows needs work
He knows there's some things he still needs to work on.
baseman clinic five four game good hank plays third win
Hank put on a clinic at third base. We don't win that game if Hank doesn't have that day today. He made four or five plays that were as good as a third baseman can make.
figure
We are going to need to get it straightened out if we are going to get where we want to go this season. If it's not something we can figure out, then we will have to come up with a solution.