John Schuerholz

What are your feelings about Sabermetrics? Do you pay attention to them, or are you still a believer in the traditional statistics? John Schuerholz, who had remarkable success as a general manager for the Braves, said, "Statistics are like...

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...with a four-run sixth inning en route to a 6-2 Game 7 victory, and it was shortly after that mid-game rally that Royals general manager John Schuerholz worked his first postseason deal, agreeing with Toronto counterpart Pat Gillick to buy...

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...Series title NEW YORK Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona swam laps in the pool Monday while Atlanta Braves President John Schuerholz played golf in a charity tournament. And they were miserable. "I don't know what to do with...

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...any good uses for nuclear weapons, but, then, this might be one." He said that about the Dome back in the mid 1980s. John Schuerholz, when he was GM of the Royals, said something similar -- something about nuclear weapons and blowing the place...

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...Twins in 10 innings. "It closing doesn't bring a tear to my eye." </p><p>"Baseball in the Metrodome is an unnatural act," said John Schuerholz, who was general manager of the Braves at the time. </p><p>Harsh words for a stadium that crowned...

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...it will be five years from now. But there's a demand of pressure and energy on his job. We all come to that point," Braves president John Schuerholz said at a Turner Field news conference in Atlanta. "He's comfortable with this. It's his...

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If anyone knows how Bobby Cox is feeling right now, having just announced his retirement from managing after 2010, it's John Schuerholz. The man who as Braves general manager shaped the teams that Cox managed to a record 14 consecutive...

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...do? I think of that." He says now that he will retire, but only after one more year. He says he's ready, the way John Schuerholz said he was ready to step down as Braves GM two years ago. "I think mine is there, too," Schuerholz said. "I...

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...rarely found in baseball, let alone professional sports. From owner Ted Turner to president Stan Kasten to general manager John Schuerholz to Cox to pitching coach Leo Mazzone to a roster that included Jones, John Smoltz, Greg Maddux and Tom...

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...Hanson, who made his major league debut Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Wren, team chairman Terry McGuirk and president John Schuerholz said Glavine was released because they did not believe the 43-year-old left-hander would make a...

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