06/06: Smoltz Rebuked Yankees to Stay With Braves
SI.com's Jon Heyman reports primarily about the Braves release of Tom Glavine. But, there was a Yankees related bit, when Heyman relayed comments made by John Smoltz.
Smoltz weighed in on Wednesday, saying that "ain't no way to treat'' Glavine, and of course we all know that Smoltz has his own issues, having been annoyed to see another Braves official (not Wren) question his own decision to leave, by saying that Atlanta offered the very same amount as the Red Sox. The reality is, Smoltz, who told me in the spring that he once rejected a $53 million contract from George Steinbrenner to sign for $30 million with the Braves, received $5 million guaranteed from the Red Sox when the Brave were offering only $2 million guaranteed. So Smoltz understandably smolders over that.
Via
Joseph Pawlikowski via
Ben Nicholson-Smith.
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