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Originally posted by [WWBL]Batboy
Flash back to '92 during game seven of the NLCS when Sid Bream scored the winning run from second base. Hey that's great the Braves won, but what the heck was Sid doing on second base? He's the slowest player in the Majors and he's the winning run in game 7, why wasn't somebody running for him?
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As I recall, Cox wanted Sid's bat in the lineup if the game, which was at that point tied 2-2 in the ninth, went to extra innings.
Cox makes a lot of long-range decisions that will look odd to you when you are thinking short-range. IMO the reason for his long-term success and for the Braves winning their division so consistently is that Cox is such a long-range thinker...which may also at least partially explain why he and the Braves don't do that well in the playoffs, which are the ultimate in short-range baseball.
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