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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We saw it happening and we made an effort to mine this talent we had in the area,
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Those kind of things are rare. They don't happen very often, and for good reason. It's not anything people can go to any meeting and expect to get done. It just flows out of its own circumstances.
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You can't contend for a division title without a shortstop. We got a guy who has been an All-Star, has three years left on his contract and Boston will pay about 50 percent of it. That's why we traded Andy.
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We'll miss him. But we're confident we can continue the great pitching program we've had here in Atlanta.
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This winter we have set our sights on going back to sort of the old-fashioned Braves way of building championship teams with dominant pitching. That's what we think we have done and we are excited about the pitching staff we have put together for the season.
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Tommy went through a purgatory of second thoughts.
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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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Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things
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Our issue isn't when we get something done, ... it's how appropriate it is when we do it.
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Winners make commitments, losers make excuses.
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It's hurtful to know that Tommy Glavine won't be in a Braves uniform anymore.
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We don't know what to expect from countries that are not as developed in amateur programs, but this gives us a chance to see players that are underexposed on the international stage perform. We already have a base of knowledge on a lot of the players, and this will enable us to supplement.
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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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When we drafted Jeff Francoeur, (scouting director) Roy Clark said, 'This guy's going to be a star,'