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Rock on: genius or overrated? If former Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone turns around the inferior Orioles' staff, the debate will be over.(MLB)
For a pitching coach to become outrageously famous, a few things must happen. He has to coach for a consistent winner--say, a team that reels off 14 consecutive division titles. He has to draw the attention of TV cameras, perhaps with a cute quirk, like a steady rocking motion as he sits in the dugout, transfixed on the game. Above all, as even Leo Mazzone would admit, you need horses--big, solid thoroughbreds.
This is the year we should find out once and for all: Was Mazzone the underappreciated genius behind the Braves' run of National League dominance? Or was he an overrated media magnet who gave good sound bites but, ultimately, was the beneficiary of the ...
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