Grading the General Managers: John Alevizos (March-Sept. 1976)

Eddie Robinson’s replacement didn’t even want the Braves in Atlanta. John Alevizos led a group from Toronto that tried to buy the local nine and move them to Canada. They outbid Ted but Bill Bartholomay felt the franchise owed Atlanta more than 10 years and accepted the smaller offer. According to former Braves marketing whiz Bob Hope, Alevizos was given the GM’s job as a consolation prize. His baseball experience was limited to the business size, and in his brief time on the job he demonstrated little feel for talent.

His made two major trades. Each were major bursts. The first: Darrell Evans and Marty Perez to the Giants for Willie Montanez, Craig Robinson and a couple of nobodies: Mike…