Baseball And Bbq

Episode 283 features four-time Major League Baseball Manager of the Year and New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Member, Buck Showalter and Chicken Fried BBQ's champion pitmaster, Bill Purvis, plus guest co-host, Doug Scheiding Buck Showalter has earned a reputation for building baseball teams into postseason contenders in short periods of time.  The teams he has managed include, the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Mets.  Along the way he has won four Manager of the Year Awards, three in the American League and one in the National League.  He is the third manager to win four Manager of the Year Awards, the seventh to win the award in both the American and National Leagues, and the only one to win the award with four different teams in four different decades.  In addition to managing, Buck has also worked as a television analyst for ESPN, the Yes Network, and the MLB Network.  Buck is also a member of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. Bill Purvis