This month, August 3 to be exact, marked eight years since Buck Showalter managed his first game with the Baltimore Orioles. It seems like yesterday watching Buck’s opening press conference and seeing him talk about his love of competition, the need for accountability, Baltimore’s great fans and proud baseball tradition, and always doing what is best.
Showalter chose to wear number 26 in honor of his friend and former O’s skipper Johnny Oates and was off and running. Eight years later, then-Orioles GM Andy MacPhail’s praise of Showalter’s track record, experience, and expertise has been proven true and Showalter has managed into the top echelon of the “Oriole Way.