It's not business, Tommy; it's strictly personal

Yeah, okay Michael Corleone:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4228623

"This was not a business decision," Wren said. "This was a performance decision."

Right. And then 10 minutes later, after clearing Glavine's $1 million-plus off the payroll, the Braves added a bunch of salary by trading for Nate McLouth. But it was still just about performance! Really!

By the way...the Braves released Tom Glavine? Seriously? They really think he would have been a worse #5 starter then Kris Medlen (6.28 ERA) or Jo-Jo Reyes (7.00 ERA)? They don't realize that this forever stains their relationship with the greatest or second-greatest pitcher in franchise history? They don't think that their fans might riot? They're dumb enough to think that Nate McLouth is the missing piece of the puzzle, especially considering that his career averages are .261/.339/.462 and that they're in the same division as the Mets and Phillies? Honestly, the only ones dumber than the Braves in this whole thing are the Pirates; they failed to trade McLouth at his peak value of "potential 30-30 guy with Gold Glove defense!" last offseason, and then traded him for three subpar prospects while he still had a good amount of value and when they were still within shouting distance in their division. Just a shit job by pretty much everyone involved. Braves fans have to be disappointed. Pirates fans have to be disappointed. But most disappointed of all has to be my mom, who picked the Pirates as her sleeper team this year (despite probably thinking that Roberto Clemente still played for them) and still had hope going into yesterday of seeing her pick pan out. Devastating day in the Sports By Sam household.

Anyway, here's to Tom finding a team soon and shutting up all his doubters. Hell, if Eric Milton has one more shaky start...