We’ve been critical of JS’ work since he left the GM’s chair but there’s no debating his importance to the organization. But if not for a phone call from Stan Kasten to White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, JS may have never come to the Braves. That one call set off a chain of events that could have kept Greg Maddux from free agency in 1993.
For weeks it had seemed a foregone conclusion that Larry Himes would be named the general manager of the Atlanta Braves soon after the season. In fact, the Braves reportedly came within hours of calling a press conference to announce the selection of Himes a week ago.