Jeff Schultz at AJC broke this today. When a 
reporter jokingly asked if Bobby would manage the next 10 years, he responded by saying "Not many more. This year and next year, and that's it". This signals the end of an era for the Braves and we are yet to hear if Scheurholz will also leave once his contract is up or when his good friend Bobby retires. This will lead to a lot of speculation about who the next manager will be this and next season. The main two in-organization candidates have to be Bullpen Coach Eddie Perez and Hitting Coach Terry Pendleton. While Perez has been thought of as a future manager since his playing days as Greg Maddux's personal catcher, he may get that opportunity a little earlier than most expected. I think he automatically becomes the favorite since he has already acted as a player-coach in AAA last year and will have two years of experience in the pen. Cox is fifth on the all time managerial wins list with 2,171 wins and needs only 23 to catch Sparky Anderson for fourth so he most likely will end up trailing only Connie Mack (3,731 wins), John McGraw (2,763 wins), and Tony Larussa (2,297 wins and counting). It will be hard to see the end of a Braves era and a streak of division titles that will most likely never be matched in any professional sports.
reporter jokingly asked if Bobby would manage the next 10 years, he responded by saying "Not many more. This year and next year, and that's it". This signals the end of an era for the Braves and we are yet to hear if Scheurholz will also leave once his contract is up or when his good friend Bobby retires. This will lead to a lot of speculation about who the next manager will be this and next season. The main two in-organization candidates have to be Bullpen Coach Eddie Perez and Hitting Coach Terry Pendleton. While Perez has been thought of as a future manager since his playing days as Greg Maddux's personal catcher, he may get that opportunity a little earlier than most expected. I think he automatically becomes the favorite since he has already acted as a player-coach in AAA last year and will have two years of experience in the pen. Cox is fifth on the all time managerial wins list with 2,171 wins and needs only 23 to catch Sparky Anderson for fourth so he most likely will end up trailing only Connie Mack (3,731 wins), John McGraw (2,763 wins), and Tony Larussa (2,297 wins and counting). It will be hard to see the end of a Braves era and a streak of division titles that will most likely never be matched in any professional sports. 
2 comments:
Wow. this is big news. I shouldn't be surprised, since Cox has been managing awhile and everyone leaves at some point, but I wasn't expecting it.
Best of luck to Cox these last 2 years and beyond.
hopefully he can take us to the promised land one more time
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