European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse And june sports Maur Esmo Nadal cruises in 3rd round of French Page 45 Hes not proud of but braves Cox nears major league record for ejections by Paul Newberry the associated press Atlanta with Bobby it usually starts this Way sitting in an obscured Corner of the hell remove his Cap with one rub the other through his hair and begin grumbling in a not Subtle tone that sure to catch the umpires before Cox is bolting from the dugout on two surgically replaced waddling along like a Duck trying to make it across a Busy it might come across As amusing until he unleashes a rapid fire Stream of obscenities with such venom that one might think these men in Blue had just done something horrible to his of their offence is usually nothing More than Barking strike when Cox thought it was a or calling a runner out when he saw it the other no hell stomp around his head twisting this Way and that with impertinent his arms flying wildly for a 66yearold Man resembling a petulant child who just been told he cant go outside to and then if s the offended Umpire hears the magic word its never fit for print and whirls his right Arm in a Cox knows the he goes Back where he came muttering All the and keeps right on hell watch the rest of the game from the ejection has been tossed out its kind of the Atlanta braves Man Ager said during a reflective Cox entered the weekend just one ejection shy of John Mcgraws dubious a badge of belligerence that Doest show up in any official record books but was diligently compiled by the society for american baseball Sabr unearthed 131 ejections for Little Napoleon during his Hall of Fame though 14 of those came when he was a Cox already has More ejections than any other Man leaving him just a couple of angry tirades away from passing Mcgraw As the Overall vociferous although Cox seems a bit put off by All the it Hast slowed his penchant for getting just last he was kicked out of Bac Toback games against the Philadelphia looks like hell go Down kicking the dirt and screaming at the Bobby Doest care what anyone thinks of longtime braves Pitcher John Smoltz Hes going out there to fight for the the very people who should demand Cox sign up for anger management classes come across As his biggest the umps say All those ejections Are nothing trying to do their Hes trying to do when Cox Steps Over the he gets the then All is the umpires have the utmost respect for Bobby said Richie a longtime arbiter who now works As a major league the reason for that is he Doest carry things what happens one night int carried Over to the next that s because Cox considers the men in Blue a part of not some mortal if i have an argument with an Umpire tomorrow if s said the Only manager or for that get tossed from two world series its both see ejection on Page 44 Atlanta braves manager Bobby continues to yell at Home plate Umpire John Shulock As Shulock ejects Cox in the first inning on june 24 against the Milwaukee Erik Back from army Dreher wins 10miler 4 5 20 70 5
