Alden Gonzalez May 9, 2026, 09:22 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES -- Bobby Cox was known for wearing spikes and stirrups in the dugout, for sporadic bursts of anger, which prompted a record number of ejections, and for being at the center of one of the most dominant runs in baseball history. But to those who knew him best, something else sticks out above all else: his unwavering love and support. Freddie Freeman experienced it in his first spring training with the Atlanta Braves in 2009, when Cox gave him way more at-bats than a player with his track record warranted. Freeman felt it before his first major league game, on Sept.…