Bobby Cox and Frank Wren should resign

chuckbartowski said:

To be fair for every great play Yunel makes, he makes about 5 bone headed ones. I'm not really for trading him, but if he can get the Braves a nice outfield bat I'd probably be okay with it, and throw Hernandez out there everyday or pick up a filler SS like Lugo.

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mwashuc06 said:

These two are about the biggest jokes in baseball. Apparently Yunel Escobar is on the block because Bobby Cox doesn't like the way he plays baseball. Now granted Cox is a HOF manager but his time has come and past. Bobby keeps on trotting out useless players like Jeff Francouer and Kelly Johnson because they are nice to him. This also opens up another can of worms as the Braves don't have a SS of the future. Like I said when the Braves traded for Teixiera they would regret trading Andrus and right now while Andrus is only average with the bat, he is great defensively and is a leader of the rangers, something the Braves sorely lack right now. Wren should just resign, because I have a feeling he's going to botch the trade deadline again. Where is Stephen Marek again lol, what a horrible trade.

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mwashuc06 said:

These two are about the biggest jokes in baseball. Apparently Yunel Escobar is on the block because Bobby Cox doesn't like the way he plays baseball. Now granted Cox is a HOF manager but his time has come and past. Bobby keeps on trotting out useless players like Jeff Francouer and Kelly Johnson because they are nice to him. This also opens up another can of worms as the Braves don't have a SS of the future. Like I said when the Braves traded for Teixiera they would regret trading Andrus and right now while Andrus is only average with the bat, he is great defensively and is a leader of the rangers, something the Braves sorely lack right now. Wren should just resign, because I have a feeling he's going to botch the trade deadline again. Where is Stephen Marek again lol, what a horrible trade.

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abncollectsautos said:

To help you out, the Braves semi-quitely tried to trade Francoeur to the Royals recently, and KC said they wanted to wait a little longer. I dont think you can blame the Braves bad season on Cox or Wren. But in my opinion, Yunel is a cancer. Gets pissed off when he errors and just basically quits, and he does make several bad plays that should be easy. I may be the biggest Braves fan on FCB and have been since the early 90's, but i still think Cox has a lot of good managing under him.

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Penno said:

mwashuc06 said:

These two are about the biggest jokes in baseball. Apparently Yunel Escobar is on the block because Bobby Cox doesn't like the way he plays baseball. Now granted Cox is a HOF manager but his time has come and past. Bobby keeps on trotting out useless players like Jeff Francouer and Kelly Johnson because they are nice to him. This also opens up another can of worms as the Braves don't have a SS of the future. Like I said when the Braves traded for Teixiera they would regret trading Andrus and right now while Andrus is only average with the bat, he is great defensively and is a leader of the rangers, something the Braves sorely lack right now. Wren should just resign, because I have a feeling he's going to botch the trade deadline again. Where is Stephen Marek again lol, what a horrible trade.

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Francoeur hasn't started in 3 days and he's been getting pulled when playing in close and late situations. Kelly is no longer the starting 2B.

Regarding Escobar, I'm gonna trust Braves beat writers who say the Braves have zero interest in moving him, not the tools on ESPN and trade rumor websites that source them. Too cheap of a price tag, regardless of frosted tips or headaches he might cause.

Also, the Tex trade looks bad in retrospect, but look deeper than the players lost. It's true a talented players were lost, but Mark was one of the only players who you can look at from mid 2007 to mid 2008 and not blame the poor play on. Pitching and pitching injuries killed the Braves the last few years (but not this year). If not for that, the success for the Braves with Teixiera would have been a lot better (even though they were in the hunt for the wildcard until the last week of 2007).

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rico08 said:

mwashuc06 said:

These two are about the biggest jokes in baseball. Apparently Yunel Escobar is on the block because Bobby Cox doesn't like the way he plays baseball. Now granted Cox is a HOF manager but his time has come and past. Bobby keeps on trotting out useless players like Jeff Francouer and Kelly Johnson because they are nice to him. This also opens up another can of worms as the Braves don't have a SS of the future. Like I said when the Braves traded for Teixiera they would regret trading Andrus and right now while Andrus is only average with the bat, he is great defensively and is a leader of the rangers, something the Braves sorely lack right now. Wren should just resign, because I have a feeling he's going to botch the trade deadline again. Where is Stephen Marek again lol, what a horrible trade.

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Brandon Hicks is having a tough time in AA but he's the Braves' short stop of the future. If Yunel is moved this season, however, there's no way Hicks makes the jump.

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cgilmo said:

bravesin07, you are ALL about over reaction

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cgilmo said:

bravesin07, you are ALL about over reaction

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spahnandsain said:

cgilmo said:

bravesin07, you are ALL about over reaction

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Maybe I am over reacting but wasn't bravesin07 (box break on Topps) a guy who ripped a bunch of people? Maybe I am missing the joke and apologize to the OP.

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