Terrific column by Joe Posnanski contrasting Ted’s stint in the dugout with Jeffrey Loria hiring a GM who never played, coached or managed a professional baseball game.
There are so many fun parts to this, one being that the Braves were so far gone at that point that the players seemed perfectly in tune with Turner’s decision to give his manager a midseason vacation and become the skipper himself. …
“If you knew Ted Turner like we do, you’d understand what he’s doing,” Phil Niekro said. “I respect him for it, and I think everybody else on the club does.