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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My answer is a simple one and an easy one, and it's one that those of you who know me have heard me say before: 'It is good people.' Paul Snyder is the MVP of the good people on the Earth.
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I hate to lose him for one day. But the way that injury looked when it occurred, to have this result from the examination is very positive.
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I hate to lose him for even one day. But when you look at what occurred and to have this result, it's very positive.
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His defense was consistent and eye-opening at times, and that got him in the lineup. And the more he played, the more he hit. He was really a big part of our improvement and our success last season.
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I knew that, in time, they and everyone else on the team was gonna see what we had put together.
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He really answered the call. The job was up for grabs, with a lot of competition, and he just rose up and took it.
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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.
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I hope he gets in there. I think he is a very deserving candidate and wonderful human being. He'd be a very wonderful recipient.
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He's been part of one of the great pitching legacies in baseball.
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This has been as rewarding as any year I've been in baseball,
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I've always seen that. But I don't know when that future begins.
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It's a special story. You look at the hometown guys like Kyle Davies, Jeff Francoeur, Blaine Boyer and Brian McCann, and to see the role they're playing on the team right now, there couldn't be a better story in baseball.
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I haven't thought about that. I'm thinking about Mike and his health.
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He's hardheaded, competitive. I've always had great admiration for him.