Nuggets: The wit and wisdom of Buck Showalter

We are truly blessed to not only have the best manager in baseball, but also a truly wise and insightful human being. I thought it would be good to collect his quotes and sayings in a thread (if there is already one of these, please merge). Today, when asked about the World Series,

Buck said "It is why we get up every day. We are not here to kiss babies and have parades."

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I love this man

“Believe me, I know the save rule and, quite frankly, it doesn’t carry much weight with me. I like the win rule a little better.”

:rofl:

"Who is he? What does he do? I haven't read him." Buck

"Who is he? What does he do? I haven't read him." Buck

Who Keith Legal

Best manager in the game is debatable, Bruce Bochy is pretty fair himself. Never the less, we are damn lucky to have Buck.

The #1 job of any manager is to get more production for his team than the sum of the individual talent. People look to the in game strategy and often use that to prove that managers don't make that much of a difference. Why? Because you can attempt to measure it. Where great managers like Buck truly make a difference is the psychological aspect of the game. A lot of people who never played pooh pooh this. How can it be important if you can't put it into a formula? Well, it is and this is where Buck excels. How many times have we heard "these guys have a good time playing with each other"? That comes from the manager. How many times do you hear that there isn't a lot of ego in the Orioles dugout? Again, that comes from the manager. It is extremely complex to manage 40 massive egos and get most players to buy into the team concept. Buck has succeeded in that and that's a truly amazing feat.

Buck is the best manager in baseball period.

I could literally listen to him destroying Keith law for hours.

On Nolan's mindset about Upton rumors, " At this point, veteran guys just like that SOMEBODY is talking about them. ".

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Who Keith Legal

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Wait Buck was making fun of Keith Law? Someone please post a link I have to see this.

Best manager in the game is debatable, Bruce Bochy is pretty fair himself. Never the less, we are damn lucky to have Buck.

Buck, Joe Maddon, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Terry Francona, Ned Yost, Terry Collins and Don Mattingly would be my list of the best currently.

The #1 job of any manager is to get more production for his team than the sum of the individual talent. People look to the in game strategy and often use that to prove that managers don't make that much of a difference. Why? Because you can attempt to measure it. Where great managers like Buck truly make a difference is the psychological aspect of the game. A lot of people who never played pooh pooh this. How can it be important if you can't put it into a formula? Well, it is and this is where Buck excels. How many times have we heard "these guys have a good time playing with each other"? That comes from the manager. How many times do you hear that there isn't a lot of ego in the Orioles dugout? Again, that comes from the manager. It is extremely complex to manage 40 massive egos and get most players to buy into the team concept. Buck has succeeded in that and that's a truly amazing feat.

Well said. :thumbsup1:

Bucks not an empty suit in the dugout that is for certain. The Orioles have had some of those as managers, unfortunately.