Terry,
In a letter, you wrote:
TM> DL> Look at the number, the Braves trade two good ball players, Marquis
TM> DL> Grissom and David Justice, and get one good, or better, player in 
urn
TM> DL> Kenny Lofton, and a throw in that happens to be left-handed.  Two for
TM> DL> one, is not a good deal.
TM>It's a GREAT deal if it allows you to re-sign the top two NL pitchers of 
the
TM>last decade.  Losing Justice is arguably addition by subtraction, also,
TM>because it opens up a spot for AJ, while getting rid of $6 million in 
salary.
Sounds like a fire sale in Atlanta to me.
You can justify trading David Justice to open up a roster spot, but the
Braves should have gotten more than one quality ball player in return.
I think Kenny Lofton is a darn good ball player, but the Braves gave up
both Justice and Marquis Grissom to get Lofton.  The price was too high.
Happy Modeming -- David
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