Overreaction?
by Phil Gurnee on Dec 18, 2008 2:50 PM PST
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PrintI knew the Braves would be upset about Furcal changing his mind but these comments by John Schuerholz really seem over the top. Those of us in LA saw Elton Brand basically do the same thing to the Clippers as Rafy just did, and Kobe Bryant several years before. Your upset, so you rant and rave for a while, but then you move on. The Braves appear to be cutting off their nose to spite their face with this type of response. Ned was upset when JD Drew opted out and he said some silly things but nothing that would have effected how the Dodgers do business in the future.
Seemed obvious that Rafy wanted to be a Dodger, after all the Braves were the same team that let him walk 3 years ago, so maybe he worried about how he'd be accepted. It wasn't like the Braves even tried to keep him 3 years ago. His agent may have gone about accomplishing this a little underhanded by shopping the offer sheet but he is after all an agent, and expecting something noble from an agent is like expecting Andruw Jones to earn his 18 million dollar salary.
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I read that the Braves were very upset in 2005 that they weren’t given the chance to match the Dodgers’ offer, in the way that the Dodgers were given the chance to match the Braves’ this time. That’s very different from “didn’t even try to keep him 3 years ago” if they weren’t given the chance.
If I remember correctly, nobody was even close to the Dodgers’ offer, which was the whole point of the offer, a lot of money for less guaranteed years.
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
by Tango and Cash on Dec 19, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
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I don’t remember it that way at all. He was negotiating with the Cubs when we swooped in and it was my understanding the Braves had already decided he was going to be to expensive for them.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
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