Buddy Bell
Buddy Bell
David Gus "Buddy" Bellis an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseballcurrently serving as vice president and assistant general manager for the Chicago White Sox. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Cincinnati Reds, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each. He was a five-time MLB All-Star and won six consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Awards from 1979–84. He is...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 August 1951
bat night quotes repeat swing yesterday
I just repeat myself every night -- take my quotes from yesterday and write them down again. This is the big leagues, and my gosh, you have to swing the bat better than that.
last repeat
I just repeat myself every night. Just take what I said last night.
fifth start
I really wanted keep Gobble out there for the fifth but this was his first start and we wanted to keep him at about 60 pitches.
ball comfort gets guy hit jump true
I'll tell you, having a guy like that out there is such a comfort. He gets such a jump on the ball and can hit for power. He's a true professional.
losses quite shows somewhat team
I have to look at the one-run losses as somewhat of a positive. It shows that we're a team that has some character, we just don't have quite enough.
character doubted guys progress
I never really doubted the character of this team. Inexperience shows, and that's something we've got to live with, but the character has always been there. ... We've got a lot of young guys that need to show progress if we're going to get better, and I think they will.
catch plays
I never thought any other way. If you can't catch the ball, you're not going to win. It is not just the error. It is the plays you don't get to.
good since start third
It was his third start and it wasn't very good today. But for the most part, since we got him back he's been pretty good.
again needed
Once again Scotty pitched well. We just couldn't get a big out when we needed it. We are just going through one of those spells.
bounce
Not only did we bounce back, but we bounced back again.
He's still working on his command, as are all the pitchers.
baseball fun good
He's just a good baseball player. He's fun to be around.
adds balls care people pitches understand
I don't really care a lot about errors. It is the range, the balls you should get to. If you don't, it adds pitches to the pitcher's pitch count. It adds runners. It is so disruptive. A lot of people don't understand that.
chance disabled good
I don't know how Costa is. I know there's a really good chance that Costa is probably going to go on the disabled list.