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
affects split
It affects his split and his slider. It's more precautionary than anything.
words
He understands that he wasn't ready. Those were his words to me.
bother seemed
He would let something like that bother him in the past. It seemed like he got better after that.
last mac obvious year
He was the obvious choice. He's got the stuff, and he did it last year when Mac wasn't available, so he has some experience.
bothered couple elbow sore tells weeks wish
He tells us he's been bothered by this sore elbow for a couple of weeks. I wish he'd told us a couple of weeks ago.
likes
He's come a long way, ... He likes being in that situation.
great job nice rotation
He did a great job. He's nice to have in the rotation with that kind of stuff.
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.
pitch walk
Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?
baseball heart games
It's amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain
quite throwing woody
Woody wasn't throwing at him. But, quite frankly, Doug did what he had to do to keep things from escalating.
care few personal rather sooner taking
We have no idea when he's going to be back. Hopefully, it will be sooner rather than later. He's taking care of a few things, and I can't really say any more than that. It's a personal matter.
We have some depth. It just makes it that much more competitive. There are a lot of openings.
cautious hoping starters
We're hoping our starters give us more innings. All indications are they will. We want to be cautious with our bullpen.