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It's a Shame, but Jerry Sloan Had to Go

By Terence MooreFeb 11th 2011 – 2:30PM

Players get sick of your voice. They really do. So the surprising thing isn't that Jerry Sloan quit as the Utah Jazz coach with two months left in the season, but that he lasted this long. Twenty-three years? With the same team? And by using an approach -- on and off the court -- that hasn't changed since he first...

2010's Managerial Exodus Will Give Dugouts Different Look Next Spring

By John HickeyDec 26th 2010 – 6:35PM

All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010. When the 2010 baseball season started, four of the top 14 managers all-time in terms of win total were at the helm of big league teams. When 2011 starts, only one of those four, St. Louis' Tony La Russa, will still be...

Fredi Gonzalez Steps in for Bobby Cox

By FanHouse TVDec 8th 2010 – 7:48PM

Replacing a legend is never easy, and that's exactly what new Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez is tasked with doing in Atlanta. The Braves didn't bother interviewing any other candidates as it seems the job was his from the start. He addressed the media at the Winter Meetings on Wednesday and discussed following Bobby Cox's...

FanHouse TV: Kudos to Roy Halladay; Managers of the Year Preview

By FanHouse TVNov 16th 2010 – 9:30PM

The awards season continued on Tuesday as Roy Halladay won the NL Cy Young Award. That outcome was not surprising, but the battle for Wednesday's awards is wide open. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips looks ahead to the Manager of the Year selection in both leagues. Click to watch:

Post-Baseball Life Remains Largely Mysterious to Bobby Cox

By Knox BardeenOct 14th 2010 – 4:03PM

ATLANTA -- When an 18-year-old Bobby Cox was signed from a small farming community in California to play professional baseball, the scout -- who surely didn't realize just how smart he was going to look in the future for introducing Cox to the baseball community -- gave him one small piece of advice. He told Cox to put...

Bobby Cox News From the Web

  • 05/22/12 Bobby Cox availble for photos at Hall of Fame banquet... Source: The Selma Enterprise - Selma CA Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox will be available for photos with the public prior to the Selma Athletic Hall of Fame banquet on Thursday, May 24.
  • 05/17/12 Owlz First Pitch Dinner is a Success Source: Minor League Baseball After the glory of the home runs fade away, MVP trophies seem like a distant memory and two things remain.
  • 05/15/12 The ties that bind Source: UVU Review - Utah Valley Univ - Orem UT After the glory of the home runs fade away, MVP trophies seem like a distant memory and two things remain.
  • 05/12/12 'Tiger' Beckett had enough… Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada Golf and baseball have co-existed going back to Babe Ruth in the 1920s.
  • 05/09/12 A question of class: Plymouth hosts IHSAA hoops... Source: The Pilot News - Plymouth IN Growing up in Carmel in the 1970s and early 80s, Indiana State Senator Mike Delph remembers hearing about Scott Skiles and the Plymouth High School basketball team.

Background on Bobby Cox

Robert Joseph "Bobby" Cox (born May 21, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager.

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