Zach Britton Appreciation Thread

[TonySoprano]

Damn onions

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Manager Buck Showalter sat with Britton in his office until around 1 a.m., reminiscing and struggling to say their last goodbyes.

The conversation was one “we were both avoiding,” Showalter said.

“I knew he was still out there. There was a period there after the game that it wasn’t official. They were still looking over some medical records. But I finally looked out in the locker room and it was basically just he and me and the clubbies here. Got him in my office for quite a while. Tough.

“He was asking me some questions about New York. I gave him some advice. My best advice was, ‘Pitch well.’ It’ll go great. He will.

“We reminisced some. I asked him about his favorite moments here. That choked us both up.”

Both men lingered in the office until Showalter finally found a way to initiate the parting.

“I know at the end last night it was getting close to 1 o’clock and it’s like you don’t know how to say goodbye,” Showalter said. “He sitting there. I said, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do. You’re going to get up, you’re going to walk out that door, I’m going to get up and walk back to the shower, and see you later.’ I think he was relieved. It was like two people who don’t know how to exit.”

Roch - http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2018/07/hess-on-returning-showalter-on-britton-leaving.html

 

[Nevermore]

God, I am truly going to miss Zach. I remember the times when he came into.a game. He would set himself , peering over his right shoulder,  his  bright eyes poised at the batter with a piercing gaze.  He'd finger the ball in his left hand. Then he would throw that sinker. It dipped down as the batter swung over it or else a dribbler would dribble on the ground and Manny would scoop it up and throw it for a double play.

I have hated the Yankees since childhood.  I don't hate the individual players, I just hate the team as a whole. So I can follow Zach and see how he's doing and root for him. They're planning to use Zach as a set up man for Aroldis Chapman to close. I  don't think that Zach will be with the Yankees beyond this season. He'll be a free agent for next year, as he eventually signs with a team that needs a closer.

I truly hope that he returns to the Orioles,  once they begin to contend again. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frobby]

I think this is very tough on Buck, seeing the players he coached to great success either deteriorate or leave the organization.   Weaver said he quit in part because he didn’t like telling players who’d helped him have success and who had been great teammates that they were washed up.    I think Buck finds that hard and he sometimes shades his evaluations of his players because of it.    

[weams]

And he is appreciated on the big stage.

 

[bobmc]

1 hour ago, weams said:

And he is appreciated on the big stage.

 

I saw this and I said to myself, " I was for the trade, but I hate seeing this!"  Some may "look good" or are destined to be in "pinstripes" but I don't think Zach will IMO.

But since this is a positive appreciation thread, let me add my two cents.  I can't think of a better representative of the Oriole organization over his tenure with the club.  He was a stand up guy and a man's man (hopefully,  that isn't sexist).  Even when Buck made his error in Toronto, he never openly questioned the move.  We will miss him dearly as an Oriole and a real decent human.  Fare thee well in free agency!

[weams]

4 minutes ago, bobmc said:

I saw this and I said to myself, " I was for the trade, but I hate seeing this!"  Some may "look good" or are destined to be in "pinstripes" but I don't think Zach will IMO.

But since this is a positive appreciation thread, let me add my two cents.  I can't think of a better representative of the Oriole organization over his tenure with the club.  He was a stand up guy and a man's man (hopefully,  that isn't sexist).  Even when Buck made his error in Toronto, he never openly questioned the move.  We will miss him dearly as an Oriole and a real decent human.  Fare thee well in free agency!

justD's cousin gave us tickets to a Orioles Yankees game at the New Stadium. We made a big deal of getting there and enjoyed every bit of the game...Until Zach gave up the homer to Beltran to blow the save and lose the game. Sad. 

[TonySoprano]

Zach pitched the 8th with NY up 7-2 over KC.

 

[Greg]

Britton had a rough night he was wild.

[Greg]

 

[atomic]

2 minutes ago, Greg said:

 

On one hand I want the Yankees to regret this trade and on the other hand I don't like to see Britton doing poorly. But hopefully KC can hold that lead.  

[LocoChris]

3 minutes ago, atomic said:

On one hand I want the Yankees to regret this trade and on the other hand I don't like to see Britton doing poorly. But hopefully KC can hold that lead.  

I'm just hoping they lose early in the playoffs and Britton signs elsewhere.

[Nevermore]

2 hours ago, LocoChris said:

I'm just hoping they lose early in the playoffs and Britton signs elsewhere.

That's what I'm hoping. I think that Zach will find a contending team that needs a closer.

[LA2]

 

11 hours ago, Greg said:

 

Zach did that vs. KC in the playoffs too.

[OFFNY]

On 7/28/2018 at 9:45 PM, Greg said:

 

o

 

 

(Orioles vs. Yankees, 8/01) 

 

Sonny Gray was booed off of the mound this afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

I always love it when Yankee fans boo their players.

 

o

[Aristotelian]

On 7/28/2018 at 9:48 PM, atomic said:

On one hand I want the Yankees to regret this trade and on the other hand I don't like to see Britton doing poorly. But hopefully KC can hold that lead.  

lol, Britton trying to help us get the top pick. Go Zack!