Buck Showalter, new Met manager, running his fool mouth over the years.

Outfielder Buck Showalter of the 1980 Nashville Sounds of the Southern League
Source: Scanned from the 1980 Nashville Sounds trading card team se tM. Alan Loveless, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Buck Showalter last played in 1983 but never in MLB. He managed MLB teams 20 years between 1992 and 2018 but not in 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2020, 2021.

Position: Manager

5-9, 195lb (175cm, 88kg)

Born: May 23, 1956 (Age: 65-211d) in DeFuniak Springs, FL us

High School: Century HS (Century, FL)

Schools: Chipola College (Marianna, FL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Full Name: William Nathaniel Showalter

Buck Showalter way out of line calling out Chris Davis: how much is enough? Thursday, January 14, 2016

Showalter was calling out Davis in no uncertain terms and taking sides with ownership against Davis in the contract negotiations between the two sides.

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Most season BB in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio. And Buck Showalter Walks Barry Bonds With Bases Loaded. Tuesday, August 24, 2021

In the early 2000s Bonds was receiving an insane number of BB. This was preceded by an IBB with the bases loaded ordered by Arizona manage Buck Showalter.

Buck Showalter Explains Walking Barry Bonds (Thursday, May 28, 1998) With Bases Loaded Apr 25, 2018 interview above...

That was Showalter's first of three seasons managing Arizona. But here's the thing: Bonds probably started using performance enhancing drugs (PED) for the 2000 season. It's very doubtful Bonds was using back in 1998 when this happened. Consider that when evaluating the decision by Showalter.

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Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the Bases Loaded in 1998 based on Buck's ignorance of the data. Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Buck Showalter on Barry Bonds v. Gregg Olson in the youtube.com interview in the above post states that Bonds was "seven for somethin' with 3-4 home runs off Olson".

Except, that was completely incorrect! In his entire career Bonds was 2 for 8 against Olson: single and triple. And both hits occured after the May 28, 1998 game in which Showalter ordered Olson to walk Bonds with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning.

https://stathead.com/baseball/batter_vs_pitcher.cgi?batter=bondsba01&pitcher=olsongr01&post=0

And Buck sounds so condescending in his interview.

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Showalter is also mentioned in these posts:

Beyond Moneyball. Saturday, September 21, 2013

Closers in tournament so far: Britton not used, Familia conventional blown tie, Miller unconventional win. Friday, October 7, 2016

Good luck, Met fans.