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
damage helping tough walked
We walked too many people. That was the difference. That's a tough lineup. They can do enough damage without us helping them.
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Both guys worked fast and threw strikes, ... You know we have high expectations of them just like they do. I wish we could get them each a win.
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Everybody knows it's there. It's something everybody has been trying to tap in on. We've all been a big supporter of Kevin. Everybody else knows about it, too. That's why we get asked about him. He knows there's competition but we've got to get a return.
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Everybody thinks their future is bright. We love the potential they have. It can just fortify the thinking more than anything else.
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You have to realize that a lot of years have to pass before the track records and resumes make you feel real comfortable so it's not a given.
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There's not any phase of the game Mark wants to be mediocre in, ... He could be a guy who will steal you 10 or 15 bases a year.
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There's no such thing as a secret in sports. They did a good job against one of the best pitchers in baseball. Ninety-nine percent of the stuff that's talked about doesn't happen.
good reason
You always want to get off to a good start. This would be just another reason to want that.
talking wore yesterday
Yesterday wore him out. I think the thing that wore him out was talking to so many people.
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.
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I wasn't going to let him face the tying run.
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Mark is going to attack anything he can to get better.
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Mark has improved a lot more than we were led to expect.
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I was happy with the outing, as I was with his last one. We had opportunities to make the grand slam not matter.