The Latest Breaking News from Bobby Cox

Try not to get thrown out of the game while taking this quiz about big-league skippers past and present.

They’ve been here before, and so have we. From the worst-to-first 1991 though 2005, the Braves finished first in the division over 14 consecutive completed seasons, which remains – and might forever remain – a record. Those Braves reached the World Series five times. They won it once.

Barry Bonds was kept out of Cooperstown via the traditional route, but the Hall of Fame’s doors haven’t completely shut on baseball’s controversial home run king.

Fan resentment toward La Russa isn’t going to get better unless the Sox get much better, and fast.