Bye-Bye Bobby Cox thanks for the memories

Yesterday we saw an end to a brilliant career and the closing of many memories from my child hood. Last night I watched game 4 of the Division Series of the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants. The series was a great series with down to the wire ball games that brought baseball back to being natural baseball. However the biggest event from last night that I seen was the end of Bobby Cox's career as the manager of the Atlanta Braves. I cannot remember a time when I did not see that old Bulldog sitting in the dugout usually quiet and humble until he went out to argue a call and get kicked out of a game. Ever since I really began watching baseball he was the manager of the braves. When I was child I tried routing for every team except the braves however in my heart I was really routing for them. I was a Blue Jay fan first after playing for the Jays, then I was a Indian fan after watching Major League and then so happen to play for the Indians, and just so happen each of these teams at the time were playing the Braves in the World Series year after year. As I became an adult I have realized I have been a Braves fan the entire time. I remember sitting as a child in front of the TV with my dad and brother with a Tomahawk I bought from an Atlanta Falcons game cheering as the Braves were winning. Who was always there as players came and left, Bobby Cox. Truly a man to be honored in the great state of Georgia where you have the Bulldogs and the Braves. The Falcons come after them and the Hawks might as well not even be in Georgia. The Braves have long been a staple of the south, they were Americas team in the 90's but have been the baseball team of the south for the longest time until the Florida Marlins came along. Even today they really don't count and now the Rays can't even fill their own stadium in the playoffs. The Braves are the south and Bobby Cox has been the face of Tradition for many years and we are sad to see him leave, but are happy now he can rest. No more 182 games a year, 2 week road trips, or long scouting ventures, go home Bobby and enjoy life. Well deserved bye Bobby.