Showalter, Buck
Mets Finish West Coast Trip As Second MLB Team to 40 Wins
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Closer Edwin Díaz emphatically wrapped up the Mets’ 10-game West Coast trip with a five-out save to preserve a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night. But it was a decidedly smaller moment in the series that spoke volumes about the chemistry and character of these National League-leading Mets. […]
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Buck Showalter and Bob Melvin Face Off in Mets-Padres Series
SAN DIEGO — They were hired with much fanfare over the off-season and have received rave reviews around Major League Baseball for their early work with their new teams. Both have won three Manager of the Year Awards and, should things keep up, would be strong contenders in this year’s voting as well. But before […]
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Aaron Boone and Buck Showalter Are in Limbo
Not even the coronavirus pandemic kept Aaron Boone away from his players following the postponement of the start of 2020 season. Boone, the Yankees’ manager, made waves on social media that March when he recorded and lent his voice to a clip of pitcher Gerrit Cole throwing with his pregnant wife, Amy, at their Greenwich, […]
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Buck Showalter Introduced as Mets Manager
In most any other year, Buck Showalter’s first order of business upon taking over a new team would be to call players and fire off text messages. In baseball’s off-season, that is the easiest way to start getting to know players before spring training starts in mid-February. But with the sport frozen because of a […]
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Mets Hire Buck Showalter as Manager in Latest Win-Now Move
The Buck Showalter Experience pulled into Queens on Saturday, when the Mets became the fifth team to hire Showalter as manager. He has guided the Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles for more than 3,000 games, but the dugout cannot always contain him. Once, before a game in Texas, Showalter […]
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