Braves president and former general manager John Schuerholz has made hundreds of trades in his years in the game.
What was his hardest one to make?
That’s an easy answer for Schuerholz, who quickly said, “David Justice.’’
The trade came after the 1996 season, when the Braves had lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series and Justice was coming off a shoulder injury, limiting him to 40 games, and he missed the postseason. But along with center fielder Marquis Grissom, Justice was traded to Cleveland for center fielder Kenny Lofton and reliever Alan Embree.