Bobby Cox should be proud of his record

Congratulations to Bobby Cox, who on Tuesday, broke the record for most career ejections with his 132nd, passing John McGraw.

This is definitely a record he should be proud of. Despite being ejected so many times, Bobby Cox isn’t famous for arguing with umpires like Lou Piniella and Earl Weaver are. Cox isn’t famous for throwing temper tantrums like Lloyd McClendon or Phillip Wellman. Cox became famous without going crazy on the field, unlike so many other managers who have been ejected.

The main reason Cox got this record is he’s been managing forever, since the 1970s! That’s why he should be proud of this record. In today’s sports world, coaches and managers are fired quickly and often for a bad season or two. Cox has stuck around and almost always had good teams too since the 1990s.

Out of Cox’s 3979 games, he’s been ejected from 132 of them, or 3.3% of them, or an average of 5.4 times a season, or an average of once every 30 games. That’s not that much when you think about it. He’s just been around forever.

So hat’s off to you Bobby. May you keep getting ejected from games for years to come.

More about Bobby Cox’s record from around the blogosphere:
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