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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Tommy went through a purgatory of second thoughts, To me that was a private business discussion and should have stayed that way.
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Tommy went through a purgatory of second thoughts.
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What they hear from him is constant support, constant affirmation, constant compliments, because that's his style. He's a positive guy. Even in the midst of difficulties, he's a positive guy.
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When we drafted Jeff Francoeur, (scouting director) Roy Clark said, 'This guy's going to be a star,'
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We felt it was important to strengthen our bullpen with some talented, more established arms. And we were able do that with Cruz and Reitsma.
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We're not announcing it, because we don't know who it is going to be. Bobby has done this many times in the past when we've had openings at various positions. We'll let them compete for it, and whoever impresses the most will get the opportunity to be our closer.
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The point of the book was to give fans an inside look at what a general manager does, in terms of personal interaction, in terms of trade-making, in terms of issues that general managers deal with. In this case, I thought I had an opportunity, with literary license, to show a very human side of him. If his point is, 'OK, John, that was a private conversation and I would prefer that you keep it that way,' I understand that.
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You don't like to see that happen to any young player. But of all the people that we could have had to endure that, he would have been the best.
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I don't think we've seen the best of him yet.
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I get into some pretty private and personal matters. I'm glad it's over. It took a lot more time than I suspected it would. But I'm happy with the way it came out.
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He's hardheaded, competitive. I've always had great admiration for him.
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He's a tough guy and tough competitor. I really have positive expectations for him this year.
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He's been part of one of the great pitching legacies in baseball.
He's done it before, and we know he can do it again.