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...Braves had neither the talents nor the physiques of the Indians. In fact, you might see better builds in the local country-club locker room than in the Atlanta clubhouse, which actually does have a miniature golf course. But as manager Bobby Cox says, "They may not look like much, but Greg Maddux, Mark Lemke, Tom Glavine, Rafael Belliard--those little guys can play for me any day of the week. We don't have a lot of superstars. But we do have a team...
...Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium last Wednesday night. In preparation for the World Series, Greg Maddux was throwing live batting practice to some of his Atlanta Braves teammates, and they each walked away smiling, shaking their heads. They couldn't hit him, either. "Watching him pitch,'' said manager Bobby Cox, as he stood behind the batting cage, "just turns...
There's one more thing that makes the Maddux-Belle confrontation enticing. Belle is still angry that the Braves passed him over in the 1987 draft because the team's general manager threatened to fire anyone who drafted him. The G.M. at the time was Cox, who eventually gave up his front-office duties to manage the Braves to World Series appearances--and losses--in '91 and '92. Says Cox: "Forget all that stuff about us being the Buffalo Bills of baseball. Forget all the Native American stuff. This Series is going to be about good old-fashioned hardball...
...Braves had neither the talents nor the physiques of the Indians," says Steve Wulf. "In fact, you might see better builds in the local country-club locker room than in the Atlanta clubhouse, which actually does have a miniature golf course. But as manager Bobby Cox says, 'They may not look like much, but Greg Maddux, Mark Lemke, Tom Glavine, Rafael Belliard--those little guys can play for me any day of the week. We don't have a lot of superstars. But we do have a team.'" The best in the world, in fact...
...important as the spring [races] because this is our first race," said Cox. "We know we have to race these people in the spring, but we've never gone up against them before, so we're just checking them...