Bad Winter for the Braves

The Braves’ winter of discontent continued Wednesday, when shortstop Rafael Furcal reached a contract agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers — two days after the Braves said they had an agreement with Furcal.
One week before Christmas, the Braves have coal in their stockings and something other than holiday cheer for Furcal’s agent, Paul Kinzer.
“I think you have to be upset with the turn of events,cheap Pittsburgh Pirates Hats,It Is Still A Fashion Season,” Braves general manager Frank Wren said. “We usually don’t do business this way. You don’t expect people you have to deal with to do business that way.”
Wren said he and Kinzer negotiated all contract details Monday night and the Braves sent a term sheet to the agent’s office for Furcal to sign Tuesday morning. Term sheets are the final step,Arizona Diamondbacks Hats sale, after an agreement is reached.
Wren said the term sheet was never returned.
“We were very surprised,” he said. “After reaching an agreement on Monday night, and being asked to produce a term sheet for signature on Tuesday morning, which we did, we were surprised that they didn’t return the term sheet. … All of a sudden, they said they needed to go back to the Dodgers.”
The trade for Jake Peavy fell through. A.J. Burnett signed with the Yankees. Now, Rafael Furcal decided to stay with the Dodgers:
I’m guessing Kinzer won’t be well trusted in the future.