Walkie-talkies, a weird coaching job, and the little-known MLB origin story of Mets manager Buck Showalter

Did you know that there was ever such a thing as an Eye in the Sky coach?

1/11/2022, 8:30 PM
Buck Showalter / USA TODAY Sports/SNY Treated Image
Buck Showalter / USA TODAY Sports/SNY Treated Image
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, left, and Nashville Sounds president Larry Schmittou answer questions from the media after announcing an unprecedented five-year minor league working agreement between the two clubs at the Opryland Hotel Oct. 22, 1981. Steinbrenner was in town to address a shipbuilding group at the hotel. / © Dale Ernsberger / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, left, and Nashville Sounds president Larry Schmittou answer questions from the media after announcing an unprecedented five-year minor league working agreement between the two clubs at the Opryland Hotel Oct. 22, 1981. Steinbrenner was in town to address a shipbuilding group at the hotel. / © Dale Ernsberger / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK
New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly in action against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum. / USA TODAY Sports
New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly in action against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum. / USA TODAY Sports
Buck Showalter with Yankees / © RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports
Buck Showalter with Yankees / © RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports

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