***BREAKING NEWS****...Well sort of. Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox and the Atlanta Braves have come to an agreement today that the 2010 season will be the soon to be Hall of Famer's last as manager of the Braves. The contract also says that Cox will stay on with the Braves as a "Special Consultant" thru the 2015 season.
The story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution HERE.
Cox is one of the last "Old-School" managers in baseball and I can tell you from experience is one of a kind. The stories that you hear about the respect and love his players have for him is true. I've seen it first hand. He really does treat each of the players as a professional and expects them to act that way. Cox will be happy to sit and tell old baseball stories in the dugout during batting practice to pretty much anyone who will listen.
It's our guess that Cox wanted to at least have a season with the next crop of "Baby Braves" on the way up. Much like in the past, their farm system is stocked with guys like Jason Heyward and Freddy Freeman plus the big club has good mix of young players with Tommy Hanson, Brian McCann, Yunel Escobar and others. Don't be surprised if there is a movement for a Bobby Cox "retirement tour", he won't have any part of it...it's not in his makeup and believe this...it's a good thing.
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