Fist pumped, Atlanta tus thawj coj Brian Snitker ua kev zoo siab rau kev yeej World Series hauv 2021. (Duab los ntawm … [+]
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National League tus qub thawj coj muaj lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav tshiab hauv nws cov kauj ruam.
Tom qab yeej tsib txoj kev faib ncaj nraim - qhov ntev tshaj plaws streak hauv baseball - Brian Snitker tau txais daim ntawv cog lus ob xyoos ntxiv los ntawm Atlanta Braves.
Tsis txhob hnov qab tias nws muaj hnub nyoog 67 xyoo thaum Lub Kaum Hli thiab 20 xyoo laus dua nws tus thawj tswj hwm, Alex Anthopoulos, thiab 27 xyoo laus dua pib pitcher Charlie Morton, nws cov neeg laus. Tsuas yog cov thawj coj qub qub yog Dusty Baker, 74, thiab Bruce Bochy, 68.
Snitker's 2003 Braves yuav yog ib pab pawg hluas tshaj plaws hauv cov majors. Lawv cov nucleus suav nrog tiv thaiv NL Rookie ntawm Xyoo Michael Harris, uas tau los ntawm Double-A thaum muaj hnub nyoog 21 xyoo dhau los; Vaughn Grissom, nrhiav kom ua tiav tus neeg sawv cev dawb luv luv Dansby Swanson ntawm 22; tus khiav-up Spencer Strider, 24; yav dhau los Rookie ntawm Xyoo Ronald Acuna, Jr., 25; rov qab tus neeg sib tw Ozzie Albies, 26; slugger Austin Riley, 26; Kyle Wright, 27-xyoo-laus pib uas tau coj cov majors nrog 21 yeej; Cov hnab looj tes kub uas nyuam qhuav tau txais tshiab Sean Murphy, 28; sab laug Max Fried, tus yeej rau 2022 Cy Young Award; thiab Matt Olson, zoo li Harris ib haiv neeg Atlanta. Fried thiab Olson tau nyob ib puag ncig tab sis tseem tsuas yog 29.
Ntau tus ntawm lawv hwm Snitker, hom muaj zog, ntsiag to uas tau coj pab pawg mus rau qhov kev npaj txhij txog ntiaj teb kev sib tw hauv 2021, tom qab ntawd muaj sia nyob ntawm kev raug mob kom tiav nrog 101 yeej, feem ntau yog Braves txij li xyoo 2003 pab pawg coj los ntawm Hall of Fame tus thawj coj Bobby. Cox.
Snitker, uas tsis tau ua si hauv qhov loj ntawm nws tus kheej, yog Braves lifer uas nws txoj haujlwm qhia pib thaum Hank Aaron muab nws txoj haujlwm ua tus thawj coj hauv pab pawg me.
Nws tau ua haujlwm hauv ntau lub peev xwm txij li thaum, suav nrog kev cob qhia thib peb hauv Atlanta ua ntej dhau los ua tus thawj coj nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis 17, 2016 tom qab Fredi Gonzalez raug rho tawm haujlwm. Ob xyoos tom qab ntawd, Snitker tau raug xaiv tsa National League Manager of the Year. Txij thaum ntawd los nws tau dhau los ua qhov kawg rau kev hwm ob zaug.
Nws qhov cuam tshuam tau pom tseeb: Snitker yog tib tus thawj coj hauv keeb kwm franchise coj pab pawg mus rau tom qab lub caij tsib zaug hauv nws thawj rau rau lub caij nyoog.
Yug hauv Decatur, Illinois, Snitker tau teem sijhawm pib nws lub xyoo 47th hauv Braves lub koom haum thaum cov pitchers thiab catchers qhia rau CoolToday Park hauv North Port, Fla. thaum nruab nrab Lub Ob Hlis.
Txawm hais tias pab pawg tau poob thawj tus thawj coj Freddie Freeman thiab Swanson hauv kev ua tiav lub caij nyoog, Braves tau rov suav tias yog World Series contender. Snitker yog ib qho ntawm cov laj thawj tseem ceeb.
Txawm hais tias muaj hnub nyoog 20 xyoo sib txawv, tus thawj coj Brian Snitker thiab tus thawj tswj hwm Alex Anthopoulos muaj … [+]
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Tsis ntshai ntawm kev hloov pauv, Snitker tau txais kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas tom qab Anthopoulos tau los ua tus thawj coj hauv 2017. Nws kuj tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm cov neeg ua haujlwm hloov pauv raws li kev ntxiv ntawm Olson, tau txais los ntawm Oakland tom qab kev sib cog lus nrog Freeman ua tsis tiav lub Peb Hlis, thiab Murphy, kuj tau txais los ntawm Kev Ua Si rau qhia lub sijhawm nrog cov neeg nyiam ntes Travis d'Arnaud.
Peb qhov kev txav Snitker tau ua rau Braves tawm tsam Mets hauv kev sib tw xyoo tas los. Tom qab pab pawg pib maj mam, Atlanta ntxiv Harris thiab Grissom los ntawm Double-A Mississippi thiab tsiv Strider los ntawm bullpen mus rau kev sib hloov raws li daim ntawv qhia hnub mus txog Memorial Day.
Strider muab qhov kev ua tau zoo nco, ua rau Hall of Famer Randy Johnson hauv kev ua tus pitcher ceev tshaj plaws kom ncav cuag 200 tawm tsam hauv ib lub caij. Harris ntsaws qhov kev tiv thaiv tsis muaj dab tsi nyob hauv nruab nrab thiab nthuav tawm tsib lub cuab yeej cuab tam thaum Grissom ntsaws qhov chaw tsis muaj chaw nyob ntawm lub hauv paus thib ob tom qab Albies plam feem ntau ntawm lub caij ntuj sov nrog ceg thiab tes raug mob.
Tus thawj tswj hwm thib tsib hauv pab pawg keeb kwm nrog 500 yeej, Snitker tuaj yeem ua raws li peb ntawm plaub ntawm Baseball Hall of Fame. Bill McKechnie, Frank Selee, thiab Cox twb raug kaw lawm.
Pab pawg Snitker tau poob qis rau lub caij dhau los, tshem tawm qhov kev ua si thaum ntxov 10½ qhov kev ua si uas cais Atlanta los ntawm New York Mets. Cov Braves tau ua tiav lawv txoj kev vam meej nrog lub Cuaj Hlis cheb ntawm Mets nyob rau hauv ib qho tseem ceeb hauv tsev series uas thaum kawg txiav txim siab ntawm kev sib tw sib tw.
Ob pawg ua tiav nrog 101 yeej tab sis Braves yeej lub caij nyoog ntawm New York, 10-9. Cov Mets, siv ntau lub caij ntuj no, yuav rov ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Braves, nrog rau National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, uas kuj tau ua ntau lub caij ntuj no.
Atlanta tau nyob ntsiag to ntawm tus neeg sawv cev dawb hauv ntej tab sis ntxiv Murphy thiab tus qub tub rog txoj cai tso cai Joe Jimenez hauv kev lag luam hla cov kab sib tw.
Nrog rau feem ntau ntawm nws cov hnub qub hluas tau kos npe rau cov ntawv cog lus mus sij hawm ntev, Braves muaj cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm ntawm $ 177,917,580, thib yim ntawm Spotrac cov npe them nyiaj tam sim no tab sis zoo tom qab Mets 'cov npe saum toj kawg nkaus $ 329,118,332.
Cov ntsiab lus ntawm Snitker qhov txuas ntxiv tsis tau tshaj tawm tab sis qhov kev pom zoo tau tshem tawm cov kev xaiv club thiab muab tus thawj tswj hwm ob xyoos ntxiv.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschlossberg/2023/01/28/atlanta-braves-extend-contract-of-manager-brian-snitker-through-2025/