When the Braves Ruled the Diamond ─ Fourteen Flags over Atlanta

Hall of Fame-honored manager Bobby Cox led the Atlanta Braves to fourteen consecutive division titles in 1991. Handed multiple new players every year, Cox had teams that won with pitching, others that emphasized speed and defense, and even a few that hammered opponents with home-run production.

In Fourteen Flags, longtime sportswriter Dan Schlossberg covers that miraculous era, from 1991 when it all began, to 2005 when Cox won his second straight Manager of the Year award. This book highlights stars such as Rafael Furcal, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy Lopez, Andres Galarraga, and John Smoltz. A comprehensive appendix includes year-by-year standings and team leaders.

This book, written by longtime Braves fan and sportswriter Dan Schlossberg, is the perfect gift for any fan of the Atlanta Braves who wants to reminisce about the most dominant era in the team’s storied history.

Dan Schlossberg, a former AP sportswriter, is the author of thirty-six baseball books, includingCalled Out But Safe, a collaboration with former umpire Al Clark; The 300 Club: Have We Seen the Last of Baseball’s 300-Game Winners; andThe Baseball Catalog, a compendium that was an alternate for the Book of the Month Club as a 1980 hardcover. The baseball editor of Latino Sports, he writes forUSA TODAY Sports Weekly, New York Natives, New Jersey Lifestyle, and various Boston Red Sox publications, among others. An unabashed Braves fan since 1957 when the Milwaukee Braves beat the Yankees in the World Series, Dan has followed the team closely as both a fan and a sportswriter for more than fifty years.
Bobby Cox is a former third baseman for the New York Yankees as well as former manager for the Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.