Bobby Cox: A decade of Winning

The Atlanta Braves won the NL East 10 years in a row and featured one of the best pitching staffs of all time under the management of Bobby Cox. Those are very impressive stats at first glance, but if you look deeper you uncover the true irony of the story. The Atlanta Braves were consistently good during Cox's tenure but never great. Despite all those division titles the Braves only won 1 world series in a strike shortened season. The Florida Marlins have won 2 in the same time frame. It's hard to fathom a team with 3 Cy Young pitchers unable to turn the corner and win more world series championships. Does that failure fall on the shoulders of the front office or Cox himself? In my opinion The Braves organization has always been willing to spend money to acquire the players they needed for the stretch run. If you have talent it is always the managers responsibility to get the best out of them. As Bobby Cox enters his final season as the Braves skipper we'll remember a lot of good times. It's just unfortunate they couldn't have won more titles under his watch to solidify his legacy. As it stands he's 1 ring shy of Cooperstown.