Braves Sign Bobby Cox Through 2009

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Babes Love Baseball found this 5/23/2008 on www.talkingchop.com [flag]
Here is the official release: The Atlanta Braves announced today that they have signed manager Bobby Cox to a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season. The winningest manager in Braves franchise history, Cox is in his 27th season as a big-league skipper and his 23rd year at the Braves’ helm (1978-81, 1990-present). He owns 2,281 career wins, placing him fourth on the ... [link]

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Published 5/23/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
Bobby Cox still enjoys attending 162 baseball games a year for free, so he went ahead and agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Atlanta Braves, who will keep the animated skipper around for a 24th season through 2009. The 67-year-old most ejected manager in baseball is also the winningest skipper in Braves history. Cox, who led Atlanta to a 1995 World Series Championship amid 14 consecutive division titles from 1991-2005, said he still has "a great passion for the contest of baseball and it’s still a lot of fun." ...

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