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
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You hope he pitches well enough to make us keep him.
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I think we're in pretty good shape catching-wise in the organization. Sandy has done as good or better than we could have hoped for. Rod is having a solid year. It creates a lot of good options for us.
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He got us on and off the field tonight. He made a lot of friends out there with his teammates tonight. He's got some good things going his way. I hope tonight is the start of it.
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We hope that one day Edison makes the progress that Cabrera has made.
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We hope he can help us in the big leagues. It's very unconventional, but if you describe all the attributes that successful knuckleballers have up here, R.A. would fit into that. He's a strike-thrower, competitive, no-ego and he's willing to do what it takes.
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In a lot of our minds, hopefully this is the last piece of putting it behind us.
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It's unfortunate, but things are going to happen over the course of the season. Everybody knows your depth is going to be tested. Hopefully Ian will get back and pick up right where he left off.
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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.
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There is only one way to find out and we had this opportunity to let him go out there. The biggest thing is to get his bat in the lineup.
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There are a number of different ways we can go.
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With arm strength and pitch counts, he did a lot of things to get to the next level. He got stronger as he went along today.
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We got as good of news as we could expect. We're excited about it.
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To get him back, he's been a real shot in the arm for us. He's swinging the bat well and the guys really rally around him.
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With guys like Brad, they're going to trust their track record. They're going to get there if you stay with them.