{"id":799,"date":"2026-05-10T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:39:20","slug":"braves-legend-bobby-cox-passes-away-at-age-84-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Braves legend Bobby Cox passes away at age 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>ATLANTA<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox has passed away at the age of 84, according to a statement released by the team Saturday. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=798\">Parachutist carrying US flag slams into stadium scoreboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The longtime skipper led the franchise through its most dominant era, securing 14 straight division titles, five National League pennants, and a World Series championship in 1995.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bobby was the best manager to ever wear a Braves uniform,&#8221; the team said in a statement. &#8220;His Braves managerial legacy will never be matched.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=797\">Person dressed like KKK member recorded walking through Rhode Island town at 2 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Cox was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The backstory:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to his MLB biography, he was born in May 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before attending school in California. 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