Buck Showalter Quotes on People (8 Quotes)

Yesterday wore him out. I think the thing that wore him out was talking to so many people.

With these new facilities, the key is how they look after three or four years. This place gets better every year. With their input and ours, we tweak things every year. It makes it easy to get 'B' games. People love coming here and playing 'B' games because we have the best 'B' game facility in baseball.

We struggled. A lot of people struggle in Boston.

Padilla has been very fluid with his motion, free and easy. He's had a pretty good face since he's been here. He knows some people in the organization and he likes the place and the weather. He has had a smile on his face, which is not always the case with him.

You think about the years and the number of people who have played this game. When somebody says, '... the history of the game,' that's special. Somebody does not have to tell us to know we have an impressive group.

We'll see what the next two days bring and then we'll have a better feel for it. I'm sure he felt it Sunday, but he didn't tell us until today. His velocity was less than normal. That's not unusual in Spring Training for a lot of people, but it was down.

People looked at us funny when we put Mark at first base and people looked at us funny when we put Mike Young at shortstop. How do you find out I almost look at it as an opportunity that he can take advantage of for his sake.

It's a tough time for Coco. He's balancing a lot of things and trying to make a lot of people happy. I don't think people realize the pressure on this guy. There's a lot more going on than just the Texas Rangers, and anybody who has been in the Dominican knows what I'm talking about.