In regards to the Braves handling of this situation…PATHETIC! Frank Wren is single handly turning the Braves front office into a major league joke. He certainly didn’t ingratiate himself to any fans with the Smoltz drama and completely botched the Glavine deal. He would have been much better served approaching Tommy and telling him that the club is 95% leaning towards bringing the rookie up. The PR nightmare that Wren has created is not only going to affect this team in the long term (other potential players are certainly taking notice) and it seems the team is in stunned shock over this incident…and showing it right now.

Open your eyes people, you gave the devil a footstool. Because of your hatred you are reaping your awards; (bad sports teams)and lost of big businesses. James 4:7 said if you oppose the devil he will flee.

There’s a reason NY Yankees have won 26 World Championships since 1923. They treat their players with respect and black folks don’t have an issure about NY being a white city. Good spirit hovers around NY and other Cities in America because people live and let live.

If the City of Atlanta don’t get its act together morally, it will become a destitute city.

Why does Atlanta owe Glavine, Smoltz or Maddux anything? They all had very successful careers that created significant bank accounts, brought the city one whopping World Series championship, then left for big bucks once other teams were willing to overpay for their deteriorating services.

Glavine, Smoltz and Maddux all had good runs in Atlanta, and all were generously compensated during that time. Unfortunately, each has demonstrated that they didn’t know when to pull their snouts from the trough. Major League Baseball is a business, not an entitlement program for aging stars. If Braves fans want winning teams to become the norm once again, they need to understand that players past their prime don’t warrant overinflated contracts, which undermine teams’ ability to sign rising and current stars.

Glavine, Smoltz and Maddux were paid handsomely when they actually contributed something positive to the Braves’ win-loss record. Am I the only blogger on this site who doesn’t expect to get a huge signing bonus and an obsene salary when I’m 60 just because I was really successful in my 30s and 40s?

I, for one, am pretty happy with how Frank Wren has retooled the team. One move I would not have made was signing Tom Glavine to begin with. However, the team protected themselves with only guaranteeing the $1 mil signing bonus. Another move I would have made was getting rid of Franceour long ago. There is NO way that the Braves can make a run at this without getting a power hitting right handed right fielder. Also, while Garrett Anderson has been a cheap, serviceable left fielder, the move I would have made was signing Orlando Hudson (which I advocated for in January and February on this website), and put him at second base (lead-off hitter) and put Kelly Johnson in left field. Hudson signed a 1 year, $3.3 mil contract with the Dodgers. What a BARGAIN!

Still, no use in crying over spilled milk. Frank Wren ended up doing the right thing for the Braves team by cutting Glavine. He also made a fantastic move in acquiring Nate McLouth, who by the way is having a nice game right now. He’s 1-2 with a walk and a stolen base (should be 2-2 if Escobar hadnt made that base running blunder).

I think it is great that the Braves have a chance to go from dishing out almost $50 mil to injured players last year….to not having any really bad contracts going into this off season (provided they dont tender Jeff Franceour and get rid of him. I’d had to see how much he’ll end up getting in salary arbitration).