Leo Mazzone's Tales from the Braves Mound

by Leo Mazzone, Scott Freeman

This is the story of Leo Mazzone and his ascent through the minor leagues to the dugout of the Atlanta Braves where he has become one of the finest pitching coaches in the game and has coached perhaps the greatest pitching staff ever assembled on a major league roster. Mazzone has been developing pitchers at various levels of the Braves organization since 1979, but nothing has given him more satisfaction than the past 11 seasons. The Braves pitching staff has either led or been second in the major leagues in ERA's each year since 1992, and his starting pitchers have won six Cy Young Awards between them. Tales from the Braves Mound reveals many of Mazzone's coaching philosophy's and will give insight into his relationships with current Braves greats such as Greg Maddux and John Smoltz. An assortment of stories and memories from Mazzone's time on the Braves bench will make this book a must read for any Braves fan or baseball fan in general.

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Nonfiction, History

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basically a collection of memories recorded in a book about the glorious days of the Atlanta Braves in the 1990's. A must-read for Braves fans to relive the brilliant pitching that spoiled us rotten!

[Emily]

He better be the first pitching coach in the Hall of Fame. Love me some Leo

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Transparency on the front end, I am a huge admirer of Leo Mazzone’s philosophies and approaches to coaching pitchers. Every Braves game I watch, I long for the wisdom of Leo and The Professor to sink into these younger guys to maintain their ability to play vs so many surgeries. Being the massive Braves fan I am, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this treasure from Leo. That being said, editing could have been better in organizing the content. Overall, I’d read/learn anything I could from Leo Mazonne! Those were the days!!!

[KF-in-Georgia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Leo, but this is the third edition and he still hasn't found a decent editor. I'm not talking about needing someone to cut excess text. I'm talking about someone to catch the errors that spellcheck lets by. He tells good stories, and he seems to be a nice guy, but he's not the poet laureate of major league baseball.

[Dawson Harrelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is one of the best books I have ever read. This was a very in-depth pov of major league pitchers. Not only just regular major league pitchers but major league Hall of Famers. This will go down as one of the greatest books of all time in my opinion.

[Carson Cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super solid book, just not great.

[Nick Fischlein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

Braves all day! Greatest pitching coach to have ever lived!! Highly recommend this book to any and all braves fans!!

[Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun for Braves fans but Mazzone is no wordsmith