Brian Snitker celebrated a milestone in the Atlanta Braves' 4-1 win over the Cubs Monday night. He picked up his 800th career Major League win as a manager.
With the long path he had been on in his five-decade career in professional baseball, it felt hard to believe that this moment had come.
“I [didn’t] think I’d ever have one win as a manager, honestly, after all the recycles and everything I went through,” he said. “I’ve been blessed to be around a lot of good players.”
Snitker has the second-most wins all-time by a Braves manager in the modern era (since 1901), trailing only the man he coached under, Bobby Cox (2,149).