Terry,
In a letter, you wrote:
TM> DL> The Braves give up two quality ballplayers and get one quality and a
TM> DL> warm body in return.  If Braves had kept David Justice and Marquis
TM> DL> Grissom they could have played them all year, then traded them after
TM> DL> the season.  This was not smart trade and lessens the Braves chances
TM> DL> of beating out the Marlins.
TM>If they keep them all year, that leaves AJ on the bench, less of a player
TM>(especially at leadoff) in CF than Lofton, and one less lefty in the 
bullpen.
TM>It also would prevent them from talking to Glavine and Maddux until they
TM>probably became free agents (now they can work on extensions, if 
ossible).
TM>And there's no guarantee they could have gotten anything for Justice 
(injury
TM>prone) and Grissom (his career year was LAST year and he's no spring 
chicken)
TM>at the end of the season.
TM>Somehow, I just don't see how the Braves are so much worse off.
I suspect that we may agree.  I say that Braves weakened their team with
a bad trade and you say that the Braves are not much worse off.
Happy Modeming -- David
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