Due to his wife’s critical remarks, the Atlanta Braves head coach has decided to end his…
Due to his wife’s critical remarks, the Atlanta Braves head coach has decided to end his…
However, Ronnie saw it as a kind of getaway, as she had been taking care of Snitker’s daughter Erin’s twins full-time as a grandma.
Last Thursday, while seated behind the visiting manager’s desk at Citi Field, Snitker stated, “A lot of it hit her when we were on the flight.” “After noticing all the stewardesses on the plane, she started to get emotional.”Since August, my daughter has been taking care of her twins. She’s had a lot on her plate ever since I received this. When she finally had some downtime last night, it really hit her.
It’s a change Snitker had given up on ever having to make, but it’s an adjustment for them both. He has spent almost 40 years with the Braves, having played, coached, and managed at all but the major league levels. Snitker has been a member of the Atlanta Braves every year since 1977—the season following Hank Aaron’s retirement and a full ten years prior to Tom Glavine’s Braves debut. Therefore, he thinks he has knowledge of how a team wins, particularly how the Atlanta Braves do it.
Snitker stated, “We talk about a Braves Way.” And that includes carrying out tasks correctly. presenting oneself properly. honoring the game. How you dress in your uniform. The way you are supposed to perform on the field. As a result, the coaches who receive new players are veterans of the game, such as Terry Pendleton and Eddie Perez, who were present when all those flags were raised.
The Braves also have in Snitker a man whose life has been an apprenticeship for the upcoming months and years in Atlanta. Nobody is denying that the Braves are in the process of rebuilding. Therefore, even while it might seem strange to have a 60-year-old leading that endeavor, this is a man who hasn’t accomplished much in the last 30 years other than working to improve the skills of young baseball players.
Gonzalez had a 9-28 start before being fired. The Braves’ season-high six-game winning streak was ended on Wednesday in a 3-0 loss to Miami, dropping them to 15-19 under Snitker.
Terry Collins, manager of the Mets, remarked, “In the case of myself, really, and Brian, we spent so long in the minor leagues, and that was all you did.” “It was your responsibility to improve the guys on that team.” “Don’t worry about wins and losses; worry about making sure three or four of your guys moved to the next level and performed,” said a former general manager of mine.
Thus, it is simpler for us. We’ve had success for a while. And you see that these are folks who have very little managerial experience and are put in this position. It’s challenging and somewhat stressful. However, having experienced all the trials of the minor leagues—you’re dealing with guys that come up and down; you’re short players—coming up here only makes things easier.
And there’s the unexpected aspect of Snitker’s work. He had declared himself ready roughly ten years prior, around the time he reached fifty, but the call never materialized, and after coaching third base for Atlanta from 2006 to 2013, he was demoted to Class AAA.
Snitker remarked, “But after returning to Triple-A, I just kind of put it out of my mind.” My moment had come and gone, and it was by no means going to help people recognize me. I was fine with that, then. My goal was to return to the major leagues as a coach, but I never imagined myself in that role.
Snitker’s words and actions reflect a joy in the present, which is what a manager must do—look past the team’s record and celebrate the small victories, like a pitcher mastering his third-best pitch or a hitter learning how to hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield to advance a runner from second to third. And although he has lived with the worry of losing Ronnie for more than twenty years, there is joy in holding his wife’s hand while on a chartered flight.
