What Cal Ripken Jr. is to the Iron Man streak, Bobby Cox is to the all-time ejections record — a possessor of a record unlikely to be broken. He was ejected in five different decades — from the 1970s to the 2010s and even got tossed from two World Series games.
Cox wasn’t known for having a short temper, but he was known for sticking up for his players, which prevented them from getting ejected. An example came in 2006 when Cox attempted to save Jeff Francoeur from being ejected, only for both player and manager to get tossed. Here’s what Francoeur told the media afterward in regards to asking Cox what to do after an ejection:
“I’m like, ‘What do I do?’ He said, ‘Go have a couple cold beers and get in the cold tub or something and relax. And then you’ll probably have to write a $500 check. Or you can do what I do, write a $10,000 one and tell them when it runs out, let me know.’”
