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
discussed talked
We've discussed it. We're not there yet but it's something we've talked about.
ball feels good until
We are day to day, ... until he feels good with a ball in his hand.
build came close three winning
We came very close to winning two out of three here, but we'll take the one. Hopefully, we can build on it.
kindness maybe sign university
We have not been kind to them, ... Between Whittleman and Danks and Teagarden, we have not been kind to the University of Texas. Maybe that's why Augie's here. Hey, maybe we'll sign Augie.
presence prime
The presence of someone like that, really in what should be the prime of his career, is exciting.
couple injuries
Unfortunately, you're a couple of injuries away from that not happening.
both good run
We'll run them both out there and see what happens. We have some good options.
bullpen ready sitting
We were sitting there getting ready to be in our bullpen early.
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.
advantage good mistakes
It happens. You make some mistakes to really good hitters, and they are going to take advantage of it. I thought (Padilla) was really good right up to that point.
believe confident feather happening last remember year
It should be a feather in his cap. What I remember about him last year was the look in his face. It wasn't like he was overmatched. It was more about, 'I can't believe this is happening to me. I know I'm better than this.' He's a confident young man.
finish hank hard learn level maintain smart
It's hard to maintain it, especially at the level he was spoiling us with. I think he is going to finish strong. Hank is a smart young man, and I think he will learn from it. He is only going to get better and better.
goes knows obviously period success tough
It's been a long trip, it obviously hasn't been fruitful. Everyone goes through periods, this is a tough period for us. Everyone knows what success is and we're not having it right now.