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
location tough
It wasn't one of his better starts. The location wasn't as good, but (the Yankees) have a tough lineup.
good
It was bad. We didn't play very good (in) any phase, offensively, defensively, pitching.
game played spring training typical
It was the first game we played like that. It was kind of a typical Spring Training game.
fine full serve time
They did not take any of the time or fine away, ... He's got to serve the full 10 games.
glad good
They were really good and we were really bad. I'm glad we got that one out of the way early.
david paying walking
They were walking Mike, and David wasn't even paying attention.
bats rather swinging
They were swinging the bats rather well today, and it was contagious, obviously.
seemed
It seemed like he got better after that today.
catch days deserved season
I told Phillips I'd have him catch back-to-back days before the season was out. He deserved it.
earlier good less might problem spring threw
It might be earlier than that. He threw good and had no problem with his knees. Now he's more or less going through Spring Training.
behind game might threw
It might have been the play of the game when he threw behind Everett,
count kids pitch strict
We have a real strict pitch count for these young kids and he was at 97. We were going to let him go between 95 and 100.
count kids pitch strict younger
We have a really strict pitch count for these younger kids.
next nice
When we do things like that we don't usually come back. So it was nice to come back, especially in that next inning.