317 ordspråk av Buck Showalter
Buck Showalter
(Rogers) has had another solid year. He's going to end up in the top 10 in ERA. He has been our best starting pitcher.
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(Rogers) pitched well. Really well. Him and (Minnesota starter Brad) Radke are both veteran pitchers and they went out there in the heat and did well.
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(Young) teetered a bit in the first, then found his step. He got better as the game went on. His best innings were his last two.
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[GM] John [ Hart ] told me this winter he couldn't envision us removing his personality from this team after we'd already lost Eric Young and Brian Jordan .
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[Hicks] is very positive and he's very grounded. Tom is a good man. He has a good heart about the Rangers.
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[Rookie pitcher Chris Young is on track to rejoin the rotation next week. Young has been resting a tired arm, but he's anxious to get back on the mound, where he is 11-7 with a 4.19 ERA in 29 starts.] He's ready to go, ... He thinks we're being too cautious.
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[Texas | Manager Buck Showalter sat in the dugout and saw a statistic on the board showing former Twins manager Tom Kelly's years of service. Kelly guided the club to two World Series titles in 16 years.] [Sixteen] years, ... Take a good look boys, that ...ain't gonna happen again.
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A guy like Figgins gets [robbed]. He's got a position, but he can play all over. He's got to get a Gold Glove somewhere. They should have a utility man Gold Glove.
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A lot of people, they overlook the defense the more a guy hits. Those all-around players like that are rare. ... He's a special defender. He turns hits into outs.
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A lot of things have gone wrong in the last year, ... Some of it we've self-created.
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Adam pitched well all considered. He just let a few pitches get away.
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And we know he's capable of better, too,
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As a team, you just try to survive them because you hate what it does to your pitching staff a lot of times. Eighteen innings in a day with no off days around it are tough.
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Both guys worked fast and threw strikes, ... You know we have high expectations of them just like they do. I wish we could get them each a win.
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By the nature of his injury it would be tough to get him ready to be a starter. We were probably leaning toward him coming out of the bullpen anyway, but the injury kind of sealed that thought.
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