Excuse me, but is that Bobby Cox on your leg?

By Rachel Tobin

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Andy Pruett, 23, of Lawrenceville, got a tattoo of Braves manager Bobby Cox on his right thigh about two months ago. He said he was considering it since last year, but finally got the ink in honor of Cox’s final season.

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Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Braves fan Andy Pruett, 23, Lawrenceville, shows off the Bobby Cox tattoo on his leg.

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And why, you ask?

“He’s the only manager I know. Nobody has ever spoken a bad word about him, other than being the coach of the team that went to the playoffs for 14 years straight. He’s a good guy,” said Pruett, who has a total of 13 tattoos.

Pruett said he spent about $300 on the Cox likeness, which took less than three hours to complete.

“Some of my friends think I’m crazy,” he said, “but a few others absolutely love it.”

A recent graduate of SCAD-Atlanta, Pruett is a photographer hoping to get into graduate school at the University of Alabama. He has never met Cox.

And if did meet him, what would he say?

“Hopefully, I would just respectfully shake his hand and thank him for all the years of great baseball he’s allowed me to watch.”