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900th Win: Local Men Cheer On Century’s Buck Showalter
September 5, 2010
Century’s Buck Showalter was handed his 900th Major League win Saturday night as the Baltimore Orioles topped the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4.
And among the 18,943 fans in Baltimore a group of friends from the North Escambia were cheering on Showalter.
Ronny Wedgeworth, Steve Stanton, Eddie Hammond, Kenny Felh and Richard Armstrong have had the opportunity to see the Orioles up close and personal with Showalter all weekend. They have also had the chance to do a little batting practices with the O’s.
Stanton played football with Showalter at Century High School. Wedgeworth attended Flomaton High School and played baseball against Showalter and the Blackcats.
Pictured above and below: A group of North Escambia area men at Camden Yards for a weekend with the Baltimore Orioles. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “900th Win: Local Men Cheer On Century’s Buck Showalter”
Let me correct myself, Chuck went to Faulkner State not Troy State and then went on to the University of Georgia. He was a first round draft pick by the NY Mets in 1974. His first minor league season was 1977 with Utica, a minor league division of the Toronto Blue Jays. He won 7 and lost 1 with an era of 2.08. He ended his career in 1983 with a 6 win and 3 loss record with an Atlanta Braves minor league team.
Congratulation to Nat (Bucky) Showalter. It’s great to see these guys there to celebrate this milestone with him. What would have made this even better if Chuck Fore could have been there. Chuck was a pitcher for Flomaton from little league thru high school and received a scholarship to Troy State. From what I was told, rotators cup prevented Chuck from moving on with his career. I was a classmate with Chuck Fore and Ronnie Wedgeworth and I can tell you that when Nat Showalter went to the mound for Century and Chuck Fore went to the mound for Flomaton you would wonder if anyone would get a hit, let alone a run. If anybody reads this that has Chucks phone number or e-mail address please contact him and give him the link to this website. I wouldn’t want him to miss this. I lost his e-mail address a couple of years ago when my e-mail account was stolen during an internet scam.
Little Fred