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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: Braves, Reds Look Ahead

By FanHouse TVOct 15th 2010 – 9:00PM

The Braves made a quick, seamless transition from Bobby Cox to Fredi Gonzalez after their Division Series loss. FanHouse's Jeff Fletcher, Steve Phillips and Tom Krasovic discuss whether that move and talk about what the future holds for the Reds and an NL team that didn't make the playoffs. Click below to watch:

Nine Thoughts: Jonathan Sanchez, Phillies Footspeed, Reds Pitching

By Tom KrasovicOct 14th 2010 – 3:10PM

Jonathan Sanchez could be Bruce Bochy's next Sterling Hitchcock. Last time Bochy managed in the National League Championship Series, for the Padres in 1998, left-hander Sterling Hitchcock wielded the best breaking ball of his life and twice shut down the favored Braves. Sanchez is another No. 3 starter whose breaking...

FanHouse TV: Steve Phillips on the Braves' Hire of Fredi Gonzalez

By FanHouse TVOct 13th 2010 – 10:51PM

The Braves didn't waste any time in naming Bobby Cox's replacement, introducing Fredi Gonzalez just days after their season ended in disappointment. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips thinks they are headed in the right direction and reacts to the hire.

fredi gonzalez News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Violent drug dealer sentenced to life in prison for... Source: Empire State News - Middletown NY The leader of a cocaine distribution conspiracy in the Bronx in the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life in prison for his participation in four murders that were committed in connection with his cocaine trafficking business.
  • 06/01/12 Braves-Nats rained out; Minor's start skipped Source: MLB Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez shuffled his rotation after Friday night's game against the Nationals at Nationals Park was postponed because of torrential wind and rain.
  • 05/31/12 Uggla, Bourn Go Deep, Braves Beats Cardinals 5-4 Source: The Weekly - Peachtree Corners GA Two big swings and one last 98-mph fastball left the Atlanta Braves with a giant sigh of relief.
  • 05/31/12 Fredi encouraged by Venters' progress Source: MLB - Atlanta Braves Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has lined up his late-inning relievers as Eric O'Flaherty, Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel for more than a year.
  • 05/30/12 Boscan to stay until Ross is ready to catch Source: ABC - NewsChannel 6 WJBF - Augusta GA Manager Fredi Gonzalez said the Braves plan to keep their roster the same until backup catcher David Ross returns to full health, likely before their three-game series in Miami beginning Tuesday.

Background on fredi gonzalez

Fredi Jesus González (born January 28, 1964) is the current manager of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball.

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