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
anyone workout
This is just the first day and we didn't want things to be too structured, so I really didn't see anyone working out. We'll have our first workout (Thursday) and we'll see what we have then.
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?
ready rest
Hopefully, now he'll be ready for the rest of the year.
anxiety ate good guys innings job league major save sure
He ate up some important innings so we could save some guys that we didn't want to pitch. He did a good job in his Major League debut. I'm sure he had some anxiety out there, but he did a good job.
good pitch threw
He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impressive. He did his part.
bullpen handled hoped limit picked problems rest rick sure three took
He pitched as well as we could have hoped for. We took him to his limit on three days' rest. The bullpen picked him up, we just had problems at the end. Rick pitched well. I'm sure there was a lot of anxiety, but he handled it real well.
couple days gone hit quite time
He only got hit a couple of days ago and it's going to take time to look at things. There was a lot of swelling, but it has gone down quite a bit. There's still time.