Return of Buck

[RZNJ]

Buck walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded.   I find his current comments very weak.  He was a good manager.  That night he tried to do something outside the box and it backfired.    He won’t own it all of these years later.   The man’s ego is a lot bigger than people think.

[Malike]

Just now, RZNJ said:

Buck walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded.   I find his current comments very weak.  He was a good manager.  That night he tried to do something outside the box and it backfired.    He won’t own it all of these years later.   The man’s ego is a lot bigger than people think.

I mean you can say this about 99.9% of the posters here.

[RZNJ]

Just now, Malike said:

I mean you can say this about 99.9% of the posters here.

Ok.  So what?

[Malike]

Just now, RZNJ said:

Ok.  So what?

Exactly.

[Frobby]

I loved having Buck as our manager.  He wasn’t/isn’t a perfect manager, and he wasn’t/isn’t a perfect human being.  I’m a forgiving person, who doesn’t expect other humans to be perfect since I’m far from perfect myself.  Whatever his flaws, whatever his mistakes, I will focus on his good traits and the good times I had as an O’s fan while he was our manager.  I’ll be at the game Sunday, and when he’s introduced, I will cheer him loudly.  And then I’ll root for the Orioles to crush the Mets.  

Edited August 4, 2023 by Frobby

[Uli2001]

I didn't know much about him before he became Orioles manager. He looked great at first, loved by the players, brought winning baseball back to Baltimore, it almost seemed to good to be true, but I always heard during his tenure here that "there is a reason he doesn't stick for long anywhere". I think ultimately we saw why, and it wasn't just the 2016 fiasco.

[Billy F-Face3]

Buck changed his uniform several times. He prefers cotton...

@1:29

 

[Gofannon]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

669-

684

I can do math too.

281-374

That's the current guy.

17-34

187-283

122-164

129-140

275-372

157-167

 

That's every other manager before and since Buck, going back to Davey Johnson.

I guess you can post his career record as a manager here as an entire argument, but it's a gross oversimplification that allows one historically bad season to diminish the only three playoff seasons and only consistently watchable baseball we had for 25 years.  It seems like a lot of people forget what 2012 and 2014 felt like.

[Billy F-Face3]

1 minute ago, Gofannon said:

It seems like a lot of people forget what 2012 and 2014 felt like.

I'll never forget what it felt like. I had luxury box suites with friends and they were hitting the ball out all over the park. Winning. + Fireworks. Those were good times.

[Ohfan67]

11 hours ago, dzorange said:

 

I don't really care in hindsight. Buck's probably annoyed as a four time Manager of the Year in four different decades to be talking about this one mistake he's made for the last 7 years. 

Oh that’s not what they are talking about in New York! And not what the NY media is asking him to talk about. His season has been historically crappy. 

[LA2]

1 hour ago, Ohfan67 said:

Oh that’s not what they are talking about in New York! And not what the NY media is asking him to talk about. His season has been historically crappy. 

'Historically crappy?"--by what measure pray tell?

[LA2]

9 hours ago, Number5 said:

Why not just take the high road?  Give him an ovation welcoming him back to Baltimore.  Then proceed to beat his ball club.

Which is no longer his, in terms of the make-up of its roster.

[Ohfan67]

37 minutes ago, LA2 said:

'Historically crappy?"--by what measure pray tell?

Price per win 

[Frobby]

Watching that game last night, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for Buck.  It’s gotta be deja vu for him, playing out the string with a crappy team, knowing he’s probably gone when the season ends, if not before.   

That play by Marte on O’Hearn’s single was just pathetic.  Does the guy even care?   Meanwhile we’ve got Hays making sliding catches in foul territory while the team is up 7 runs in the 9th.  
 

[Orioles0615]

Is there a video of the tribute anywhere?