Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox throws the ceremonial first pitch out to current Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez before the Braves home-opening day baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Friday, April 8, 2011 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) David Goldman AP
The list of men who most influenced Fredi Gonzalez is about three people long. One is his father. Another is Bobby Cox.
There are plenty of reasons for Cox’s inclusion and probably none is bigger than a meeting the two had in one of the first months of Gonzalez’s first season as an MLB manager.
“Not too many people know this story.