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
advantage best guy saw took top
I don't think we saw Schilling at his best tonight. But we took advantage of it and that's what we have to do when a guy like that is not at the top of his game.
feeling knew pitch
I don't know what he did when he went down to Triple-A, but there was just the feeling that he knew he could pitch up here. ... He's just been a completely different guy.
easy league major minor shows staff stuff today upbeat
I am. I can't say enough about the Minor League staff and the Major League staff. They've just been terrific, they've made it so easy for the players. We had had situational stuff today and it was upbeat with a lot of energy. That shows we were able to get a lot done.
bullpen everybody puts synch whatever
Burgos has done pretty good, but this has our bullpen out of synch -- it puts everybody in different roles, whatever those are.
felt guess history hit mike plate sent umpire
Because of the history and Ambres got hit earlier, ... I guess Mike (home plate umpire Mike Everitt) felt like Zack sent a message.
gave time tough win winning
If we don't win that game, we have a tough time winning any game. We had a lot of chances. They gave us a lot of opportunities. We just couldn't get any thing done with the opportunities we had.
case couple haunt innings last
I don't know what to say. When you don't get innings out of your rotation, it's always going to come back to haunt you. That's been the case the last couple of days.
swing
I don't know what to say. We didn't swing the bats.
care good himself love taking
Obviously, he's taking care of himself a lot better than he used to. I just love the way he competes, and I love the way he cares. He's a good teammate. That's what I like.
Nothing is going the way we wanted it to go.
nobody pity
Nobody is going to give us any pity and we're not going to pity ourselves. We just need to play better.
confidence few kid learned next quite smart spring sure
So I'm sure it's been a confidence thing off and on but he's a smart kid and next spring he's going to look back on this thing and (realize) he's learned quite a few things.
mike
Mike is struggling. We can't get him in there.
course sergeant
Of course I'd come down. He was my sergeant major.