Showalter fondly recalls Machado’s O’s tenure

After Buck Showalter had watched Manny Machado play third base and shortstop for him, play 860 regular-season games across seven years — seven more games in the postseason — they both knew they were saying goodbye in Showalter’s office last Sunday afternoon, after all the rumors about Machado that have dominated the season in Baltimore as much as all the losing has.