I am not here to rehabilitate the case of deposed Atlanta Braves General Manager John Coppolella. I am here to remind us all of what he did for this team.
There is still much that has been hidden from the light of day about his tenure. I will discuss some of that in a bit, but the point here is not to declare him a saint. That said, I do believe there was a significant amount of duplicity taking place within the inner sanctum of major league baseball – and the Braves have paid a severe penalty that will continue to extract a bounty for several years to come.