In the history of humankind, very few ever get "The Call". The call every ballplayer waits their entire career to get. In 1977, Wash ascended to the Los Angeles Dodgers in meteoric style, but that was short lived. It would be another 4 years until he got his second shot in the Bigs! Braves

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As the longtime infield and third base coach for the Oakland Athletics, Ron Washington worked with some of the game's best. However, his work with Eric Chavez proved to be the most rewarding, for both Chavez and Wash...and ultimately, your Braves.

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The journey to the major leagues, and a Braves World Championship, was quite different during Ron Washington's playing days. Bad fields. "Haunted" locker rooms. All the things that molded Wash into the player and the man we would become.

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Throughout his career, Ron Washington has seen it all. So he's a pretty good judge of whether a player has "IT". Wash thinks this current Braves team has quite a few players with the "IT" factor! High praise from this baseball icon.

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Would you believe that was a baseball school? There was! Players would come from all over the country to learn the game of baseball...in a classroom...in the hopes of making it to the major leagues. Atlanta Braves third base coach and baseball icon, Ron Washington, was one of those players.

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