A Tough Act to Follow
If you haven’t heard the news that came out of Atlanta yesterday, than you must be really living under a cave. Though baseball nowadays, America’s past pastime, is lacking firepower glamour and glitz in comparison to America’s new pastime, football (see NFL Hall of Fame Game rankings over regular season MLB game), there are still some decent people out there.
Prime example: Bobby Cox.
He always gets the best out of players and is a model of consistency.
Evidence: The Braves under his tutelage made the MLB playoffs consecutively 1991-2005 and won the 1995 World Series.
Though he only won one championship, his players loved playing for him. He was a fixture out in Turner Field. Well, that is until 2011 as he has announced that he will be retiring after the 2010 season. It is with great respect and honor that I announce this on this blog. He’s a total class act and we need more people like him. Persistence and good character still count for something in this world.
Unfortunately with how the politics and business of sports today, a Bobby Cox probably will not happen for awhile, just as there is only one Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy (oops did I get into the NFL again, my bad). I hope he rides into the sunset enjoying those days outside the grind of managing.
Don’t get it mixed up though. He’s still going to be in Atlanta as a consultant for the Braves making his presence felt. Just not on the field.
Heck, he’s going to have an everlasting presence felt there! Good riddance Bobby!
