Comments on: Schuerholz and Wren Blast Furcal’s Agents

By: RueGrant

RueGrant — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:42:44 +0000

I was so highly disappointed, but I think everyone's sentiments are justified. Whereas I love to try to see both sides to the story, I feel badly for our organization to have been so horribly misled and cannot understand tellem's justifications. You are all right, business relationships are entirely clutch, and whereas it would be nice to move on and forget about it, it just isn't going to happen. Personally, I don't think it should be forgotten.

They should just consider themselves lucky that baseball GM's aren't women.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:08:45 +0000

I know this whole thing has turned into something really ugly but the Braves need to move on. Escobar is represented by that firm, so I think they need to rethink their actions. What Kinzer did was in know way right but if the Braves want to hold on to a key piece of their team they should come to terms with this whole ordeal.

By: happy

happy — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:37:17 +0000

Not to be rude but I sure would like his email address so I could tell him how I feel about the way they do business. I'm a Dodger fan but this kind of dealing is wrong.

By: bnix

bnix — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:54:48 +0000

Spot on analysis! Baseball is a business and just like my real estate business, relationships mean everything. Without trust, honesty and respect who would ever do business with Mr. Tellem again?

By: Colin Ake

Colin Ake — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:46:12 +0000

It'd be one thing if Kinzer did what he did, and Tellem came out and said "This is not what we want our agents to do. They should be men of their word." But he didn't – he sent out this 7 point email attacking Schuerholz and the Braves.

I felt like Jerry Springer writing my comments at the end.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:39:52 +0000

Tellem can say all he wants about this and that, but what it all comes down to is that this was all bad business practice. I completely blame Kinzer and Tellem for this. Whereas, Tellem says that this was all beyond his control and that Kinzer was acting on his own, Kinzer works for Arn. Therefore, it is Tellem's job to know what's going on and make sure shadiness like this doesn't happen. Although, he's just as bad.

What it all comes down to is that the Braves got used to get a better contract out of the Dodgers, plain and simple.