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.
came far home production runs thanks
Then we came back, thanks to the home runs. We usually don't get that kind of production as far as home runs go.
good strikes swinging throw time
They're swinging the bats. We didn't throw strikes when we had to and they make you pay. So, yeah, this is a good time to get out of here.
good reading
They're still reading the MRIs, but we got enough on his back that DL-ing him was probably a pretty good move. It's just really more preliminary than anything else right now.
adds depends mike
A lot of it depends on where Mike is at. We've got to get Mike in our lineup every day. That's important to us -- even if he doesn't get any hits, just from a credibility standpoint, it adds so much.
mind negative record run start support thoughts
A lot of negative thoughts go through your mind when you start off like he did, without getting any run support and your record isn't what you want it to be,
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.
pitch walk
Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?
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.
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.