Former MLB manager Buck Showalter recalls security screening experience at US airport amid Iran tensions

Buck Showalter speaks with OutKick’s Dan Dakich about his airport screening experience on the ‘same day’ of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

President Donald Trump has said the Iran nuclear program sites targeted by American B-2 stealth bombers were "obliterated."

The tense situation in Iran unfolded the same day former MLB manager Buck Showalter was traveling through New York City.

Showalter, named the majors' Manager of the Year four times during his lengthy managerial career, recalled his experience during a recent appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

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Manager Buck Showalter of the New York Mets signals for a pitching change against the Philadelphia Phillies during the eighth inning at Citi Field Sept. 30, 2023, in New York City. (Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

"Let me tell you what, note to yourself, try not to travel in or out New York City on the day your country bombed Iran. Holy moly, full alert," the former New York Mets skipper said when asked by Dakich whether he had traveled as tensions in Iran reached its latest heights.

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Showalter added he is a proponent of tight security measures at airports throughout the U.S.

"The airport was a lot of fun, Dan, let’s put it that way. You know what the people at the security … I want them to check everybody. 

"Be diligent about it. Take your time, I will stand in line a few more minutes, get it right. Go head run that bag back through again. Make him go through it again. Everybody complaining about security. At what? What do you want them to do. Ah, it’s OK. Today is a free day. Just go right ahead."

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