John Schuerholz
John Schuerholz
John Schuerholzis the president of the Atlanta Braves of the National League. Before joining Atlanta, he spent twenty-two years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nineas the club's general manager. Among the teams he has built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves, both World Series champions. His teams have also won their division 15 times. He was the general manager with the Atlanta Braves from 1990 to 2007. In 2007 he was promoted to the post of club...
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It's a special story. You look at the hometown guys like Kyle Davies, Jeff Francoeur, Blaine Boyer and Brian McCann, and to see the role they're playing on the team right now, there couldn't be a better story in baseball.
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It's going to be real exciting seeing all of the guys compete. It will certainly be a spot of great interest for all of us.
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You don't force that on anybody, especially a veteran of his stature and with his success. They have to be the ones that understand what they can and can't do, should and shouldn't do.
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This particular camp is probably more beneficial than most because Roger has had the opportunity to acclimate himself to the deliveries of each of these pitchers, to put a face to an arm. He's been watching DVDs and looking at statistics. Now he can humanize these guys. So it's probably been more beneficial than any camp we've had in 16 years, from that standpoint.
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It's meant to take readers behind the closed doors of the general manager's office.
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It's not like me. But I was convinced by Larry and the publishers that in order for the book to have the attraction we wanted it to have, it had to be real and authentic.
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The number of years in a row we've been predicted to fall out of first place. Happens every year.
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This kid has a chance to be the next face of the franchise, ... He's been remarkable since the day he was drafted out of high school. He's up for his first major league at-bat, doesn't even have a sweaty jockstrap yet, and he's getting a standing ovation from our fans.
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There's a lot of it still on the table. Big piles of it.
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It wasn't shocking. It wasn't unexpected. It's a disappointing development. He was a real big part of our pitching staff and pitched sensationally the first part of the season.
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Everybody has factored into the success, ... Leo was a big part of that... He has received a lot of attention and rightfully so. We've had a lot of success with our pitching.
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That's really sort of the unique aspect of it, ... I don't think them being from Atlanta affected us winning, but it just makes the story a little more compelling. It's a wonderful story. And our fans have really taken to them.
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They've all been rewarding. Each division championship you win has its own measure of reward. But this year is the most rewarding because we had to (overhaul) our roster in midstream.
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We're not announcing it, because we don't know who it is going to be. Bobby has done this many times in the past when we've had openings at various positions. We'll let them compete for it, and whoever impresses the most will get the opportunity to be our closer.