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birthday time!!
Robert Joe "Bobby" Cox born May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. -
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the intreging life of mr cox
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planning
Cox began his managerial career in the Yankees farm system in 1971. In 1976, he led the Syracuse Chiefs to the Governor's Cup title. he took a team of a few really good players and placed highley underrated recuits in the linup. -
staffing
he made one of the unusual moves for which he is known, moving power-hitting first baseman-catcher Dale Murphy to center field. Murphy later won two National League Most Valuable Player Awards and five Gold Gloves, and became one of the premier players of the 1980s -
disseminator
bobbt let scouts know of very skilled recruits that they should recruit. -
controlling
After going through two managers over the course of less than five years with disastrous results in attendance and outlook, Cox as the general manager fired Russ Nixon in June 1990, and appointed himself as the manager. this resulted in many winning seasons in the future years -
conceptual
bobby was able to fix the little problems that lead the team to last place into a first place team. he brought in great pitchers which allwoed his offense to be more comfertable. -
leading
In 1991, the Braves, became the first teams to go from last place in one season to first place the next. under bobby the braves started winning due to his leadership skills. -
organizer
Cox had spent the prior four seasons accumulating talented players, including Ron Gant, Tom Glavine, Steve Avery, Pete Smith, and David Justice. He was also responsible for drafting Chipper Jones with the first overall pick in the 1990 draft. now that they had developed the 1st of the 14 devision title have came -
human
even tho bobby seemed like an anrgrey man he used this to bring up his team. when they were struggling he would argue little calls usally ending in a ejection just to get his team pumped and ready play. -
oral communicator
if something came to mind bobby would not be afraid to say it. he has the recored for most ejections. this resulted in high spirets around the club house. -
abilty to evaluate self instead of technical
"I told the players this is it for me and it's the last time I'll be talking to them here in spring training, but I'll still be the same old grumpy guy that gets mad once in a while, and gets frustrated but we still will go out there and have a great year." -
figure head
But Jones and his teammates had to pay attention on Tuesday. Cox changed the script for his final famous spring training speech. He is retiring after the season, and this year he wanted to talk about more than rules. -
disturbance handler
Cox's Braves did not advance past the first round of the playoffs in any of their last five appearances. his team never gave up -
leader
"It's going to be tough, the last day," Perez said about bobby retiring. all the braves loved this man
