Don't mess with Walt Weiss: Atlanta's new manager is a 'different breed'
Walt Weiss is making headlines in his first weeks as Atlanta's skipper.
PHOENIX — Alex Anthopoulos, Atlanta’s president of baseball operations, was waiting to cross the fairway with fellow patrons at the Masters golf tournament Thursday when a fan recognized him from across the ropes. “Hey Alex, “Why don’t you lend the Falcons, Walt? He could help ‘em out.
’ Anthopoulos: “Hey, that’s a hell of an idea. He could be the next Deion [Sanders]. " Even the Falcons chimed in on Atlanta manager Walt Weiss by tweeting: “Come put on the pads, Skip.
" Weiss, 62, the former All-Star shortstop and American League Rookie of the Year, who played 14 years in the major leagues, won three pennants and the 1989 World Series with the Oakland A’s, and managed four years with the Colorado Rockies, still can’t believe one incident has overshadowed everything he has accomplished in his career. Come put on the pads, Skip pic. twitter.
com/A2XtqeWiaj — Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) April 8, 2026 All he did was react to a baseball brawl that broke out between Atlanta and the Los Angeles Angels, running out of the dugout, flipping his hat off, and dropping down like he was on the football gridiron, tackling Angels DH Jorge Soler, 6-foot-3, 235 pounds, and wrapping his arms around him. “That's a big man," Weiss said. “I just felt I’ve got to get him off his feet because he's going to hurt somebody.
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