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- Updated: May 6, 2016
ATLANTA — Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez knows the game of baseball. For better or for worse, he also knows the business of baseball.
He said he is not going to let the latter get in the way of the former prior to Friday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, which kicked off a six-game homestand.
“I think the fans, and rightfully so, are in the winning and losing business,” said Gonzalez, whose his team entered Friday 7-20, last in the National League East. “They’re passionate about their team and they want to win. I don’t blame them for that, either.”
But Gonzalez is enthused. He wants to stay around because he knows what’s coming and the success coming with them.
“One hundred percent I want to be a part of that,” he said. “You see the young talent coming and how good they can be for the long-term. I was part of all those trades. I was in the room when all that stuff happened.
“My biggest fear or concern is you go through these lumps, you see these young guys come in and then you get dismissed and the guys are …
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