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...
He's done it before, and we know he can do it again.
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The pain in the forearm is coming from a ligament in the elbow that needs to be reconstructed.
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We looked at his time in the National League and we believe when he gets back to the N.L. in Atlanta, he will return to the Renteria of old.
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He has been a constant during our string of 13 straight division titles, both with his pitching and his leadership.
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He is an all-American-type kid. He's well-spoken. He's mature beyond his years. He has a winner's quality deeper and broader than any young man I've ever seen.
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He gives us another piece as we try to construct our team. He's hit .300 as a pinch hitter in the past.
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He gets those guys to subjugate their individual egos and blend them into one team ego. It's an ego of one.
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I don't think we've seen the best of him yet.
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Lonnie is, by virtue of what we do and what he does, our adversary. But he does it in a professional way. I'll say that.
He was one of the first cuts. That should tell you something.
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I was euphoric. Barry Bonds was a Brave! ... There seemed no limits to what we could achieve over our approaching several seasons.
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I think Roger is going to do a magnificent job for us. I'm really, really positive about what he will do for us. Having said that, what we've accomplished in the past is pretty remarkable. If we can continue at that level, I'll be very pleased.
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We had to reconstruct the team midway, and in order to do that we had to rely on young guys because our of budget, ... I don't think anybody knew they were going to do what they did, but we made up about 11 games in the standings since that happened, and they really energized the team, quite candidly.
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We could not have acquired a more perfect player for us than Edgar Renteria.