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  • Rating the GM’s (Part III: Cox through Wren)


    Rowland's Office — Authority Authority: 430
    Aside from Bill Lucas , Atlanta’s first GM’s scored poorly. The final trio need not worry about passing grades. Bobby Cox (1986-’90) The old tractor jockey must’ve hated Toronto. Why else would he leave a young, talent-laden team that had just fallen one victory of a World Series berth? Especially to come ...
    5 days ago

  • What is Wren thinking?


    Rowland's Office — Authority Authority: 430
    I don’t mean “What the hell is he thinking” as if he were pursuing, say, Mark Redman. I’m just wondering if committing $30 or so million  for the next three years to a pitcher in his mid 30s is a smart move. Maybe it is. It’s all a muddle in my mind. I trust it is clearer in the mind of the Bravos’ GM. ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Rating the GM’s (Part II: 1976-85)


    Rowland's Office — Authority Authority: 430
    Revisiting a series we never completed Part 1 graded the Paul Richards and Eddie Robinson regimes. Next up: John Alevizos (March-Sept. 1976) He wanted to move the Braves to Toronto but ended up as Ted Turner’s first general manager. He lasted seven months, engineering a couple of trades, neither of which ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Rating the GM’s (Part I: 1966-’76)


    Rowland's Office — Authority Authority: 430
    Revisiting a series we never completed There’s no secret who will rank first, though it’s interesting to consider that Suspenders is responsible for two of the worst deals in team history (Tex, Lofton). You’d think, then, that JS would have engineered the best trade by a Braves GM. Nope. Alexander for Smoltz ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Braves promote from within


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    Tony DeMacio, who signed Glavine and Chipper , will be the Braves’ new scouting director. Can’t argue with his resume. –CB
    4 weeks ago

  • Roy Clark is gone


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    Sounds like his job with the Kastens is a big jump up the ladder from what he was doing here.
    4 weeks ago

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