Farewell to Bobby Cox

On Monday night the Atlanta Braves lost to the San Fransisco Giants and were eliminated from the Playoffs for 2010. It marked the end of the career of Bobby Cox as their manager. Baseball is a game that not everyone can be a fan of. It is slow and methodical much like a chess match. For some people it is like watching paint dry. I am not one of those people. I love the strategy and the drama of the game. I love the simpleness yet complexity of the game. It is a great game and a humbling game. It could never be considered a fair game. For example a guy might hit the ball as hard as a ball could be hit and yet it is hit on the line to short or to the deepest part of the park and is just an out. Another guy can break his bat and hit a blooper over the shortstops head and win the World Series (ie Arizona 2001). Regardless of how it happens teams fire the manager when the bloops don't go their way. Not in Atlanta. The Braves were Loyal to Bobby Cox and for 25 years he was Loyal to the braves. Tomorrow the braves will announce a new manager who will be blest by the work of Bobby. We fans wish him well and to one of the greatest managers in baseball history, we bid a fond farewell.