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...
awesome baseball best excellent good power prospect
The best third-base prospect in baseball. He has awesome potential, excellent power and a good glove.
ability baseball bent
Baseball has this ability to get bent by all this, but not broken. It always bounces back. It's very resilient.
approach balanced baseball believe bright general knows leader name people rather sustain teams
I think this will be cyclical. I don't believe that it will sustain itself. I think, ultimately, people who own baseball teams are going to want a more balanced approach in the person who they name as the leader of their baseball operations, the general manager, rather than someone who's just bright and knows statistics.
absolutely baseball fair qualities share
He's a baseball player. Offense, defense, aggressiveness - he's got a lot of those qualities you look for. And he's absolutely a rock-solid person. We have our fair share of those.
maybe somebody sure
I'm sure somebody can. Maybe some day. Maybe some day.
gonna knew team
I knew that, in time, they and everyone else on the team was gonna see what we had put together.
guy realize respect
Each person has to respect the other and realize that guy is more important than he is,
best five pitchers starting
the best five starting pitchers we've ever had.
buys earned
Again, I think we've earned more than that. It hasn't been just one year, or two years. It's been 12. Consecutive, record-breaking years. That buys a little credibility.
answer anyone call collective decisions direct drafted joey kids lost maybe needed needs pinch playoff responses specific unorthodox
I made the decisions that had to be made, ... I never really thought: 'Wow, what are we doing? This is bizarre. Have we lost our collective organizational minds? What's going on?' I never really thought that. I thought each of these kids could answer the call and do what was needed of them and could pinch in. They have. All of them were direct responses to specific needs that we had at the time. I think they all made sense to us when we did them. I don't know that there was any unorthodox one. Maybe Joey Devine, because there hasn't been anyone drafted in our organization who has been on the playoff roster that same year.
comment continue job manner relates sale
I have no comment as it relates to the sale or the announcement of the sale. I will continue to do my job in the same manner I've done it every day I've been here.
ball clubs general interested managers relates talk wonder
I never talk about anything we do in our business, especially as it relates to rumors. I wonder if those general managers are as interested in what's going on with their ball clubs as they are in ours.
kids walking
It's been exciting, fun, energizing. These kids are walking the walk for us right now.
It's better than most everyone expected. We're hopeful.