Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox (left) has his say with home plate umpire Rick Reed (right) in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth inning in an interleague game at the Sky Dome in Toronto on Jun 13, 2001 (AP News file photo)

MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:

#1 At 84 years old former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox passed away on Saturday. Cox won more than 2500 games as manager and went into the Hall of Fame in 2014. Cox was ejected over hs career as manager 158 times MLB record for a manager. Cox led the Braves to 14 straight divison titles from 1991 to 2005. He led the Braves to a World Series title in 1995. Cox as a player played two seasons for the New York Yankees and hit just .255.

#2 Former Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks owner Ted Turner who passed away at age 87 this past week died at age 87 last Wednesday at his home in Tallahassee Florida as announced by a family spokesperson for Turner Enterprises. Turner was battling dementia and showed signs of having Parkinsons disease. Turner bought the Braves in 1976 and purchased the Hawks in 1977. In 1977 he created 24 all news cable station CNN. He sold the Braves and Hawks to Time Warner for $7.3 billion in stock in 1996. On May 11, 1977 Turner managed the Braves for just one game after previous manager Dave Bristol was fired. Then MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered Turner to stop managing as owners are prohibited from managing. Turner was famouly married to actress Jane Fonda for ten years from 1991-2001.

#3 Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper left Saturday’s game against the Colorado Rockies due to a mirgrane headache. Harper had played in all of the Phillies 40 games so far this season was replaced by after fielding a ground out hit by the Rockies Mickey Moniak for an unassisted out. Harper was hitting .282 with nine home runs and 23 RBIs.

#4 Former San Francisco Giants catcher and current Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt is ready to help former Giants catcher Patrick Bailey get his swing back after Bailey was dealt to Cleveland on Saturday. Bailey was struggling at the plate hitting just .146, with one home run, five RBIs and 12 hits. Cleveland genreal manager Chris Antonetti said that the Guardians had an interest in Bailey for some time and the opportunity came up this week. Vogt whose worked with players and brought their game up is confident he can do the same with Bailey.

#5 The Sacramento A’s are starting to get some notice as they’ve been consistenly winning. The A’s have won six of their last ten games and were on a three game winning streak through Saturday night. The A’s were leading the second place Seattle Mariners in the AL West by 2 games and they were getting key hits from their line up of Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker and Carlos Cortes to name a few.

Charlie O does the MLB The Show podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com