There is sincere regret in the words of Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker when he mentions what life in baseball has cost him. His son Troy, now a hitting coach for the Houston Astros , played baseball growing up, and Snitker recalls seeing only three innings of Troy's high school career, due to the natural scheduling conflict for someone working in Major League Baseball.

Snitker will turn 70 next month, and, by all accounts, it's his call as to whether he will return as Atlanta's skipper next season. While he told ESPN, prior to this past "Sunday Night Baseball," that he hasn't made a final decision on that yet, he mentioned spending time with his grandkids and places where he'd like to travel. Friends of Snitker in the game believe that this will be his last year as manager, afte

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