Yet another good Buck article

[gilligan]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...w-york-yankees

Got that Yankees slant but I'm very glad he's ours now. Too many salient quotes to quote.

[SteveO]

I think the article does a great job of laying out exactly why Buck was the PERFECT manager for this team and organization. Truth is, as much as I hate the Yankees you have to acknowledge the fact they have a proud tradition. The Orioles have one also and after years of losing it became something we all remembered fondly but kinda lost as an active part of the organization. I think Flanny in his way tried to restore that. I think that's awfully hard to do though as a GM unless the guy managing the team on the field has the same zeal for it. It just seems from Day 1 Buck came in here and reminded everyone of the tradition and responsibility that wearing the uniform of the Orioles means. That's a joy to see

[OFFNY]

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For Buck, Revenge is Bittersweet

(By Ian O'Connor)

"This is where I grew up, but their eighth hitter has 43 home runs and so I don't have time to get in the nostalgia of it," Showalter told ESPNNewYork.com. "I'm a Baltimore Oriole now, and I love the place."

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Those are your kids, he was told (Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera).

"Yeah, and ask them how much attention I give them," Showalter said. "I don't give them the time of day because they're wearing the other uniform."

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THE ARTICLE:O http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...w-york-yankees
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[garethcoker]

Great and very well-written article OFFNY, thanks for the link.

[Bradysburns]

Would it be possible - even legal - for Buck to adopt me? I can see me waving to my wife and kids out the window of Buck's big wood-side station wagon, as we slowly pull out of the driveway for the last time. Buck looks over (in full Orioles regalia,of course), punches me in the shoulder and says: "You wanna go for a burger? Yeah? It's going to be alright, Burns. It's going to be alright." Then he starts humming Orioles Magic...

[PeteU]

"We're the Baltimore Orioles. We have a lot of history, too."

Great quote!

Why does it feel like Buck has been an Oriole much longer than the 2 1/2 seasons he's actually managed?

[OStrohNattyBoh]

Would it be possible - even legal - for Buck to adopt me? I can see me waving to my wife and kids out the window of Buck's big wood-side station wagon, as we slowly pull out of the driveway for the last time. Buck looks over (in full Orioles regalia,of course), punches me in the shoulder and says: "You wanna go for a burger? Yeah? It's going to be alright, Burns. It's going to be alright." Then he starts humming Orioles Magic...

I can totally imagine Buck driving the Family Truckster

[Jagwar]

I can totally imagine Buck driving the Family Truckster

Hopefully he'd treat Jeter, Pettitte, and Rivera the same way Clark Griswold treated Aunt Emma.

[MDK02]

Would it be possible - even legal - for Buck to adopt me? I can see me waving to my wife and kids out the window of Buck's big wood-side station wagon, as we slowly pull out of the driveway for the last time. Buck looks over (in full Orioles regalia,of course), punches me in the shoulder and says: "You wanna go for a burger? Yeah? It's going to be alright, Burns. It's going to be alright." Then he starts humming Orioles Magic...

Just picturing that cracks me up lol

[OStrohNattyBoh]

I was hoping for more like Aunt Edna's dog, Dinky. "Poor little guys. They probably kept up with you for 4 games. Just couldn't hold on in game 5."

[Frobby]

That is a terrific article. Buck has been so low key in his post-game pressers in this series, he's almost catatonic. I'm sure he needs to keep his feelings about the past well-buried, and that helps him to do it. But if the O's win tonight, while Buck does his low key "proud papa" thing, you know he'll be dancing a jig on the inside.

[Big#3fan]

Very well written. Good piece.

[BirdFlipper]

That is a terrific article. Buck has been so low key in his post-game pressers in this series, he's almost catatonic.

He seemed really emotional last night - as if he were fighting back tears just to get the words out. It was pretty cool to see the guy at the helm who clearly cares and wants as much as the rest of us, sitting at home at 12:30 watching.

[Yanger]

All in all a nice piece, only thing about that article that kind of pissed me off was the little crack at the end:

Showalter has his own personal history to manage. He ended up in a pool of tears when he managed the Yankees in a Game 5 in Seattle, and he's compared watching a tape of that crushing 11-inning defeat to watching "Brian's Song" with the lights off.

Seventeen years later, he desperately needs a different ending to the movie. If the New York Yankees find a way to lose this Game 5, Buck Showalter will leave the crying to someone else.

If New York finds a way to lose? Really?

[Goober Noodles]

All in all a nice piece, only thing about that article that kind of pissed me off was the little crack at the end:



If New York finds a way to lose? Really?

I think the writer was just pointing out the parallel to Buck's experience of losing his game 5 vs Seattle. I don't think it's a slight to the Orioles.