Bucky Dent, NY Yankees
(3-time All-Star, 2-time World Series Winner)
Owner, Bucky Dent
Baseball School A Game of Moments:
Leveraging Your Advantages for Long-Term Success
Thursday, May 6, 11:30am-12:30pm
While Yankee great Bucky Dent is best remembered for his stirring homer against the Red Sox in the tiebreaker for the 1978 playoffs, he has accomplished a great deal since. He shaped careers as a minor league manager and major league coach over the past 25 years. But, now in his main role as owner of Bucky Dent’s Baseball School in Delray Beach, FL (which features a replica of Fenway’s Green Monster), he faces the same day-to-day challenges that you do as a fitness operator in today’s marketplace: sales, marketing, training as well as building and retaining a clientele.
Get his perspective on running a successful business as he also shares his ideas on the power of sports in the fitness world.
Biographical information
Bucky is known throughout the baseball world as one of the most respected defensive coaches. He honed his craft as a three-time American League All-Star and played on two World Championship teams with the New York Yankees. Bucky became a household name, and also a thorn in the side of Red Sox fans, when he shocked Boston with a three-run home run over The Green Monster at Fenway Park in the 1978 Divisional Playoff game against the Red Sox.
Bucky went on to be named the 1978 World Series MVP as the Yankees won their second-straight championship. He spent seven years as the Texas Rangers' dugout coach and one year as the manager for the Omaha Royals, the Class AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, then the Yankees as manager of the Class AAA Columbus Clippers, and one season as bench coach with the Cincinnati Reds. With a .247 average, Bucky played in 1392 games over 12 seasons with four teams.
He was a three-time A.L. all-star with a career fielding percentage of .976 and led A.L. shortstops in fielding three times. He played on four A.L. East champion teams with the Yankees between 1977 and 1981 and went on to bat .417 and hit safely in all 6 games against Los Angeles to earn World Series MVP honors. Bucky topped league shortstops in putouts, assists, chances, and double plays (tied) in 1975 and tied for league lead in double plays in 1974. Bucky’s favorite team as a youngster was the New York Yankees, and favorite player was Mickey Mantle.