Re: _Braves-Indians trade_, David Lentz wrote to Terry May on 05 Apr 97:
 TM>> If they keep them all year, that leaves AJ on the bench, less of a
 TM>> player (especially at leadoff) in CF than Lofton, and one less lefty in
 TM>> the bullpen. It also would prevent them from talking to Glavine and
 TM>> Maddux until they probably became free agents (now they can work on
 TM>> extensions, if possible). And there's no guarantee they could have
 TM>> gotten anything for Justice (injury prone) and Grissom (his career year
 TM>> was LAST year and he's no spring chicken) at the end of the season.
 TM>> Somehow, I just don't see how the Braves are so much worse off.
 DL> 
 DL> I suspect that we may agree.  I say that Braves weakened their team
 DL> with a bad trade and you say that the Braves are not much worse off.
I'd like you to point out where I said the Braves are not much worse off.  I 
personally think they're BETTER off, which is why I said I don't see how 
they're so much worse off (as you've suggested, not I). 
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