I learned from the back of one of his baseball cards that Nixon also trained Arabian horses. Higgins said it was true, though Higgy thought it was Russ’ wife, Glenda — they were married 62 ...

On that day in 1990, general manager Bobby Cox fired Russ Nixon ... 25-40 record was the second-worst in baseball. In one full season and parts of two others, Nixon led the team to a 130-221 ...

Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports that former Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds manager Russ Nixon died earlier this week ... go on to manage the Braves for the next 20 years. Nixon would remain in ...