Showalter Out

[BillyWilliams]

Report on mlb.com says buck will not return to baltimore in any capacity.

 

I'm glad about this, never been a showalter fan.

[moonslav59]

I'm shocked!

 

(Sarcasm alert)

[Bellhorn04]

Buck always runs his course, doesn't he?

[BillyWilliams]

Buck always runs his course, doesn't he?

 

He certainly does, and with all the accolades thrown his way he never wins it all.

[notin]

So where will he be working next April?

[Kimmi]

The trifecta of micro-managing managers that I can't stand, Showalter, Scioscia, and Maddon, could all be ousted in the same season.

[Carpin]

The trifecta of micro-managing managers that I can't stand, Showalter, Scioscia, and Maddon, could all be ousted in the same season.

 

you will be 2 out of 3, Theo won't let Maddon go

[notin]

Scioscia is about as robotic as it gets for a manager...

[Jasonbay44]

I hate Buck, but almost impossible to blame him for this season, that team was horrible.

[Thunder]

For some reason I always thought his name was f*** Showalter because that's all I ever hear people say

[a700hitter]

Buck always runs his course, doesn't he?

His track record is that the year after he is fired, the organization wins the World Series --1996 Yankees and 2001 Diamondbacks. Watch out for the O's in 2019! LOL!

[a700hitter]

The trifecta of micro-managing managers that I can't stand, Showalter, Scioscia, and Maddon, could all be ousted in the same season.

A hat trick of pricks.

[a700hitter]

Hey Dewey, finally we will have a chance of the Orioles bringing some big leaguers to Fort Myers. That prick Showalter hadn't brought a big leaguer to fort Myers in years. I hated that.

[moonslav59]

Dan Duquette out as well.

[a700hitter]

Dan Duquette out as well.

Maybe they will hire Ben!

[Youk Of The Nation]

I don't get it, all he did was preside over one of the worst seasons in baseball history while simultaneously looking and acting like the angry grandfather no one wants to see at Christmas.

[moonslav59]

Maybe they will hire Ben!

 

They already have the best coffee boy in MLB!

 

[a700hitter]

The Mets are beginning to compile names and line up interviews to determine the identity of their next general manager, though Blue Jays VP of baseball operations Ben Cherington won’t be interviewing for the position, SNY.tv’s Andy Martino reports. While neither Cherington or the Mets commented on the situation, Martino hears that Cherington is happy in his current job in Toronto.

A good man always knows his limitations.

[dgalehouse]

Not many will have any sympathy for Buck. But Duquette put that train wreck together. He should get most of the blame.

[Bellhorn04]

Not many will have any sympathy for Buck. But Duquette put that train wreck together. He should get most of the blame.

 

Or the owner.

[Kimmi]

A hat trick of pricks.

 

Self important twits.

[Kimmi]

A good man always knows his limitations.

 

Ben has withdrawn his name from consideration from both the Mets and the Giants. He is in demand. He'll GM again when the time is right.

[a700hitter]

Ben has withdrawn his name from consideration from both the Mets and the Giants. He is in demand. He'll GM again when the time is right.

Playing hard to get is a technique.

[jacksonianmarch]

Buck had been making a habit of leaving teams and then they go on a world series run. Happened in NY, ARI and Texas. My guess it wont be happening in Baltimore

[Spudboy]

Or the owner.

 

Yup. Duke was and maybe still a good baseball guy.

[mediasrojas]

Buck had been making a habit of leaving teams and then they go on a world series run. Happened in NY, ARI and Texas. My guess it wont be happening in Baltimore

 

My sense of it is that Showalter may be a decent developmental manager and a lousy finisher. When he first started managing in Baltimore, he gave that team a good kick in the ass. They used to roll over against the Red Sox. After Buck, they started to get combative and weren't intimated by the big bad Red Sox any more. As talent developed and free agents were acquired, they had their chances, the biggest being the year that he lost a series when he held off using Zach Britton in a tie game. It was all downhill from there.

[notin]

Buck had been making a habit of leaving teams and then they go on a world series run. Happened in NY, ARI and Texas. My guess it wont be happening in Baltimore

 

Two teams have fired Showalter and then gone on to win the World Series the next season, and the third team fired him and one season later starting finishing second and first in their division (including two World Series runs).

 

This guy does have a track record of holding teams back and then being labeled a genius for it...

[moonslav59]

Maybe some Cora haters would rather have this guy next year.