By I.J. Rosenberg - For the AJC
The first time around as the Braves manager for Bobby Cox was not pretty. From 1978-81, Cox went 266-323 and was fired during the infamous news conference he attended with owner Ted Turner, who when asked who was on his short list for manager, he looked to his former manager and said, “It would be Bobby Cox if I hadn’t just fired him. We need someone like him around here.’’
But Darrel Chaney, the team’s utility infielder during Cox’s first two seasons in Atlanta, said he always knew there was something special about the Hall of Fame manager.