ATLANTA -- Still just 3 years old, John Boland Schuerholz III will not understand the significance of the trip he will make to Cooperstown this summer to celebrate his grandfather's legendary career. But over a significant portion of his life, his journeys to Baseball's Hall of Fame will be enriched by the opportunity to see a plaque that bears his exact name and immortalizes his family's patriarch.
"That's what gets me emotional when I talk about it," Braves assistant director of player development Jonathan Schuerholz said. "I'll be able to take our sons to Cooperstown for the rest of our lives and they'll see a plaque that says John Boland Schuerholz.