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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We couldn't have done it without the work that they do. It's true every year. This year it was true to a much larger extent, to a far greater degree.
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I'd be very remiss if I didn't offer Leo the best of luck and offer compliments for the great work he's done while he's been here,
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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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We'll miss him. But we're confident we can continue the great pitching program we've had here in Atlanta.
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He's hardheaded, competitive. I've always had great admiration for him.
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He's been part of one of the great pitching legacies in baseball.
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The greatest analogy of what we did was we altered our roster in midstream, which was like changing the tires on a bus going 60 miles an hour down.
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The viewpoints attributed to John Rocker in no way reflect the views of the Atlanta Braves organization.
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And this year, we altered our roster in midstream, which was like changing the tires on a bus going 60 miles an hour. We've accelerated these guys coming to the major leagues by at least half a season. We needed these young guys, and they came up with the goods. They've really saved us.
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Probably. To think we could make a deal for a bona fide closer isn't reasonable.
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Our doctors say this is an injury that will heal itself. It just takes time. It may not take quite as much time as 15 days, but we want to make absolutely certain that he's completely healthy before he returns, so we're putting him on the disabled list.
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Our doctors say this is an injury that will heal itself.
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Our doctors say that the injury heals itself, it just takes time. It should take not more than 15 days (to heal). To be absolutely sure he's healthy, we're putting him on the (disabled) list. I hate to lose him for one day. With the way the injury happened and how it occurred, to have this result is very encouraging.
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Our doctors say that injury heals itself. I hate to lose him for one day (but) it just takes time. It should take no more than that time and maybe not even quite as much time as the 15 days will provide. To be absolutely certain that he is healthy when he returns, we're putting him on the list.