Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox has agreed to a one-year extension but says he’ll plan to retire after the 2010 season.
"While I have decided that 2010 will be my last season in the dugout, I want to make it clear that we will all be working as hard as ever to win another world championship," Cox said in a statement.
While this statement sounds like the typical PR cliché, there’s no doubt in my mind that Cox really wants a World Championship for the Braves. Cox ranks fourth all-time and second among active managers in wins. He also ranks #1 in postseason appearances among all managers with 15.
| Rk | Mgr | Yrs | G | W | L | W-L% | Plyof App | WSwon | PennWon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connie Mack HOF | 53 | 7755 | 3731 | 3948 | .486 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | John McGraw HOF | 33 | 4769 | 2763 | 1948 | .586 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Tony LaRussa | 31 | 4762 | 2550 | 2209 | .536 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Bobby Cox | 28 | 4335 | 2408 | 1924 | .556 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Joe Torre | 28 | 4156 | 2242 | 1908 | .540 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Sparky Anderson HOF | 26 | 4030 | 2194 | 1834 | .545 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Bucky Harris HOF | 29 | 4408 | 2157 | 2218 | .493 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Yet among all those postseason appearances, Bad Bobby Cox has only one World Championship to his name (when the Braves won it all in 1995). I’m sure in the back of his mind, he’d like to shirk the bridesmaid title.