Braves TBS Baseball network's rights fee payments to Major League Baseball. In turn, national sponsors could fulfill their advertising commitments by purchasing ads on TBS, in addition to ESPN or Fox. The move was strongly criticized by Braves fans, Atlanta area media outlets and team manager Bobby Cox. Over 90% of Braves fans who voted in an online poll conducted by the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" newspaper preferred the team of Caray and Van Wieren to the more neutral broadcasts. The move backfired, and ratings for the TBS broadcasts declined sharply. After that year's All-Star break, TBS brought back Caray and Van Wieren to work
Frank Cox (baseball) he lived in New Britain with his wife, Elizabeth, and he was employed as a real estate agent and later as a real estate and insurance agent. He died in 1928 at age 70 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was buried at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Rockville, Connecticut. Frank Cox (baseball) Francis Bernard Cox (August 29, 1857 – June 24, 1928), also known as "Runt", was an American professional baseball player from 1884 to 1891. He played 27 games in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Detroit Wolverines in the latter part of the 1884 season. Born in Waltham,