Buck Showalter

Buck Showalter began his highly successful baseball managing career in the New York Yankees farm system, where he had tremendous success with the Yankees AAA team, the Columbus Clippers. Owner George Steinbrenner brought Showalter up to the big club, which hadn't had a post-season appearance since losing the 1981 World Series, in 1992. Showalter immediately either cut or traded away most of the Yankees high-priced veterans and brought in players he had managed at Columbus, most notably players like Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter, and Andy Pettite. The "new blood" brought immediate success, and Showalter led the Yankees to the American League playoffs in 1995. The Yankees won the first two games against the Seattle Mariners, but then lost the next three, which displeased Steinbrenner. Inexplicably, Showalter was axed, but not before his core group of players won the next three World Series titles under new manager Joe Torre. Showalter wasn't out of work for very long. Once he became avai