re: In praise of Alex Anthopoulos

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Coppy made some great trades. Of the top of my head, Dansby, Fried and Riley are here because of Coppy and 90% of Braves fans were pissed at the fact that we were trading big names during the rebuild

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Yep. I was in favor of the rebuild, and believe me, I was in the minority.

The Dansby for Shelby Miller deal is one of the most lopsided deals in MLB history. Coppy walked into Dave Stewart's office w/a ski mask and a .45, then proceeded to bend him over and went in dry.

Then getting Fried, whom San Diego viewed as damaged goods(they wish they had him now) for Justin Upton and Kimbrel, and turning that around into drafting Riley(STUD, STUD,STUD) w/the sandwich pick that they got from SD was another stroke of genius.

He also drafted Minter, Soroka, & Anderson. And traded for Luke Jackson.

I hope he is truly enjoying this. But it is also a blessing that he ain't here b/c Snit wouldn't be if he had stuck around.