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
chris second wind
I think Chris got his second wind after we put the five-spot up there,
good hitting might needs period stumble tearing time
I think he's hitting right where he needs to hit right now. He's going through a good period now. He might stumble a little bit. There'll be a time when he's not hitting well and Wilkerson is tearing it up. We've got to keep that in mind.
assume capable lofty matching ready
I think he's ready to assume that mantle. I think he's capable of matching up with the other guys. That's a pretty lofty area, but he's one of those guys.
among bullpen certain creates deeper everybody helps knows mentality save starters
It creates a certain mentality among the other starters to go deeper into games. It makes your bullpen so much better. Everybody knows their roles. It helps save the bullpen.
eddie fun handled outing thomas
I thought Josh, Eddie and Thomas handled their first outing well. It was fun to watch.
discussed talked
We've discussed it. We're not there yet but it's something we've talked about.
bumps came few good proud
I was proud of the way he came back. He showed us some good things. He just had a few bumps in the road.
face tying
I wasn't going to let him face the tying run.
finish last played quite
We just couldn't get those last two outs. We played good, we just couldn't quite finish it.
mental period time
You don't do what he has done over a long period of time and not have some mental toughness.
front maybe miss picture
You'll miss their presence. Maybe we should get a life-size picture of them and put it in front of their locker.
along guy point questions sure toward
You like having a guy like Coco around him. I'm sure he will have a lot of questions along the way. Coco is not going to point him toward any shortcuts.
deserved guys posted
Those guys posted up every day. They deserved that cookie.
meetings people talk winter year
You know how there's talk every year about the winter meetings and then people come away disappointed because not much happened? I think this is going to be the year to make all of those people happy.